The night America lost its first nuclear bomb
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The night America lost its first nuclear bomb
In February 1950, a crippled Convair B-36 Peacemaker struggled through icy skies over Canada as multiple engines failed and the massive aircraft began to lose altitude. Onboard was something far more dangerous than the crew itself, a Mark IV nuclear bomb. With no safe way to land and no precedent for such a situation, Captain Harold Barry was ...
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