A B-47 Bomber and an F-86 Fighter Collided, and a Hydrogen Bomb Was Lost The notion of lost, missing, or stolen weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)—chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN ...
The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...
In 1958, a midair collision forced a B-47 pilot to drop a hydrogen bomb into shallow ocean waters near Tybee Island, Georgia. Despite extensive military searches and later investigations, the Mark 15 ...