The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.
A military plane was carrying the weapons when it exploded over a rural area, killing three people and sending the bombs plunging toward the ground Jan. 24, 1961. The “safety interlocks on the weapons ...
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Inside Project A119, America’s Top-Secret Plot To Detonate A Nuclear Bomb On The Moon During The Cold War"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...
Ken Jones, a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel, shares what it was like flying with nuclear bombs aboard his plane during the ...
"The new B61-12 gravity bombs are fully forward deployed," said Jill Hruby, administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration.
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America’s B61 Nuclear Gravity Bomb Is Getting an UpgradeThe B61 bomb’s reported yield will be adjustable to between 0.3 and 50 kilotons. A kiloton is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Although not possessing the long-distance standoff capacity of either ...
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