Nuclear Weapons Newsreel - Atomic Bomb Blunder




Title:
Nuclear Weapons Newsreel - Atomic Bomb Blunder

Description:
March 11, 1958 -- Florence, South Carolina, USA -- Non-nuclear detonation of a nuclear bomb A B-47 bomber flying from Savannah, Georgia accidentally released a nuclear bomb after the bomb lock failed. The chemical explosives detonated on impact in the suburban neighborhood of Florence, South Carolina. Radioactive substances were flung across the area. Several minor injuries resulted and the destruction of the house it fell on. No radiation sickness occurred

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antogrimes85

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COLD, WAR, NUKES, NUCLEAR, WEAPONS, ATOMIC, BOMB, TESTING, SOVIET, Missle, history, physical, science, social, political,

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