Has this story only been in the Australian media, I wonder? A NUCLEAR bomb, 100 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, is lying 10km off the east coast of the United States.
Until now one of the most closely guarded secrets in US military history, its existence has been confirmed in newly declassified documents which reveal how it was dumped in the sea after a mid-air collision more than 40 years ago.
Pentagon officials, though admitting they do not know the bomb's exact location, insist it is safe. More...
I always heard it was off the coast of greenland. I've read this in many places over the years, but never seen it in the main stream American press (go figure.)
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Has this story only been in the Australian media, I wonder?
A NUCLEAR bomb, 100 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, is lying 10km off the east coast of the United States.
Until now one of the most closely guarded secrets in US military history, its existence has been confirmed in newly declassified documents which reveal how it was dumped in the sea after a mid-air collision more than 40 years ago.
Pentagon officials, though admitting they do not know the bomb's exact location, insist it is safe.
More...
- tom moody 8-15-2001 9:54 pm
I always heard it was off the coast of greenland. I've read this in many places over the years, but never seen it in the main stream American press (go figure.)
- jim 8-15-2001 10:12 pm [add a comment]