The Lost Bomb of British Columbia February 13, 1950. A B-36 bomber caught fire mid-flight. The crew jettisoned a Mark 4 nuke. It fell into the Pacific. The explosives detonated above the waves. The plutonium core? Never installed. The wreckage is still out there.
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