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Missing nuke found?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37875697

It was a B36 from 1950, off the coast of British Columbia.

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By: D1566 - 26th November 2016 at 06:30

Also;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38112808

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By: avion ancien - 8th November 2016 at 17:34

I’m afraid ducking won’t be sufficient if he gets hold of one of those!

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By: kenjohan - 8th November 2016 at 08:17

I’d be more worried if it was a guy called Donald!

Duck?

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By: Southern Air99 - 7th November 2016 at 21:28

I have to ask…….will it be at Legends ?;)

Of course! It’ll be a blast!

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By: Otter - 7th November 2016 at 21:05

I have to ask…….will it be at Legends ?;)

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By: avion ancien - 7th November 2016 at 20:36

I’d be more worried if it was a guy called Donald!

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By: Nachtjagd - 7th November 2016 at 19:30

They are wasting their time. The nuke has been in my garden shed for years. Got some guy called Kim coming round later to see if he wants to buy it.

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By: Sabrejet - 7th November 2016 at 18:44

One of these?

https://www.amazon.ca/Broken-Arrow-Americas-Nuclear-Weapon/dp/0889953481

https://books.google.ca/books/about/Lost_Nuke.html?id=m_kFNv1cOiMC&redir_esc=y

That’s the one – Lost Nuke. Good title.

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By: scotavia - 7th November 2016 at 18:38

Agree with SanDiego, I have dived on wreck sites of ships where the scattered remains have been mistaken for unexploded munitions. From Wiki ” TNT can be detonated with a high velocity initiator or by efficient concussion.” like hitting the surface of the sea at terminal velocity?

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By: Sabrejet - 7th November 2016 at 18:34

There is a book about this B-36 crash. which I bought in Canada a few years ago. Worth a look, though it is heavy on conspiracy theory. Anyone know this one? Sadly I lost it before I got back to the UK.

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By: J Boyle - 7th November 2016 at 18:33

I’d agree, look at “shapes” of the period, they don’t look like what the person described.

Probably a guy adding 1+1 and coming up with 3.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 7th November 2016 at 18:15

My bet would be on a boiler, settling tank or some sort of ship wreckage. He reported a large flat surface with numerous bolts, which could be half of a improved fat man, but also lots of other things. Also the crew reported an explosion/flash (conventional) when the jettisoned bomb hit the surface.

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By: Creaking Door - 7th November 2016 at 16:51

Although a ‘real nuke’ apparently it has no fissionable material (is that right?) inside, it only ‘TNT’…

…so while it may go bang, I’m pretty sure most of us will be safe!

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