Dude, where'd you put my nuke ?

[SteamWake]

92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea


http://www.didyouknow.org/nuclear.htm

[Letum]

Ah, but how many individual incidents does that make?

[SteamWake]

there have been more than 120 submarine accidents since 1956. The most recent incident, in August 2000, was the loss of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea. The Kursk is the seventh nuclear submarine lost, five of them Russian, two American. There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.


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[GoldenRivet]

i saw something on discovery channel about this stuff a long time ago.

one story claimed that a bomber had trouble just outside of New Orleans (i think) and either crashed or jettisoned the nukes it was carrying (i cant recall which)

reports claim that just outside a coastal city (cant recall which) there is a nuclear war head probably buried in 10 feet of sediment.

other reports claim that the warhead was probably destroyed.

either way it was not recovered. :hmmm:

it was an interesting show.

EDIT: found it... Savanna, Georgia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y26vNR2MQAY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fistong.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06% 2Flost-nuke.html&feature=player_embedded

[Letum]

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Not all nukes lost at sea have been lost in subs.

[ETR3(SS)]

To the best of my knowledge the Thresher didn't have any nuclear weapons on-board and the Scorpion might have had 2 MK 45 Astors. Most of these lost warheads were from bombers or other aircraft. They're all over the place too. Some are in the Gulf, some off the east coast, some in the med and that's just our lost ones.

[Onkel Neal]

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Thanks, I always appreciate a snippet from the article along with the link:rock:

[CastleBravo]

On 10 January 1984, Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, recorded a message that one of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles was about to launch from its silo due to a computer malfunction. To prevent the possible launch, an armoured car was parked on top of the silo.

I don't believe this one. First, an armored car with a 15'+ wheel base would be required, and second armored cars available for this kind of operation could be as far as 45 minutes away. If the missile is going to launch terminal countdown starts at T-30 seconds. Not enough time to stop a launch in that manner.

This video will give you a better idea asto how the silo closure is withdrawn. It's about 2:05 minutes in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ9tgSgx3PY&feature=fvw

Does this look like a 15'+ wheel base?
http://www.nps.gov/archive/mimi/history/srs/images/fig60.jpg