Is that 7,000 Lb. nuclear bomb
still there just off the coast of Tybee Island (Ga./S.C.) that was accidently dropped back in 1958?
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Because of typical gov't efficiency, I think it is still there. Heck, 67 years later and they can't even agree if it was armed with a plutonium core or a dummy. I wonder how long it can stay submerged before it degrades into a "harmless" radioactive blob? Bob
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Eventually the government may get around to it. My son's company is working on a project for the EPA cleaning up a secret submarine refueling station off the coast of North Carolina. The more they dig, the more bad stuff they are finding.
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It sure seems like somebody (If not us) would have tried to salvage that. Maybe someone else already has 🤨
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I'm pretty sure it's not off the coast, a little more inland, this comes from a deceased friend that was a original search team member and yes it was a Hot bomb but no triggering device armed.
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Jan 24 ,1961 Had two Mark 39 h bombs hit the ground a few miles from me . (eastern nc ,Goldsboro)
Never recovered all of one of them. All the safety devices except one failed so we were one $2.00 switch away from doomsday !
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Then there's the U-864 spewing mercury. But that's Norway's problem….mostly.
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