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The Bomb in the Pacific
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Science Gone WrongMay 09, 2026

The Bomb in the Pacific

The Bomb in the Pacific December 5, 1965. A Navy jet rolls off an aircraft carrier elevator. Pilot Douglas Webster is strapped in. A live hydrogen bomb is aboard. They sink in 16,000 feet of water near Japan. None of it has ever been recovered.

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