Cidersomerset
14th October 2013, 20:06
Author Eric Schlosser on nuclear near-misses...at least 1200 incidents between
1950-1968 and the US/UK military cannot keep secrets ...LOL
P6ATrajOip8
Published on 14 Oct 2013
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We all know about the risks posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But
new information reveals the US accidentally dropped bombs on its own soil, as Eric
Schlosser, reveals in his new book Command and Control.
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How US bomber nearly nuked North Carolina in 1961
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In a new book Command and Control, journalist Eric Schlosser chronicles America's
terrifying nuclear mishaps and near misses.
He recounts how in one incident in 1961, days after President John F Kennedy's
inauguration, two hydrogen bombs were accidentally dropped on Goldsboro, North
Carolina, as a B-52 bomber went into a tailspin.
Only the failure of a single low-voltage switch prevented disaster, Schlosser
explains to the BBC's Katty Kay.
"The bomb assumed it was being deliberately released over an enemy target - and
went through all its arming mechanisms save one, and very nearly detonated over
North Carolina," said Schlosser.
"And Robert McNamara had just become secretary of defense and he was terrified
by this news. We nearly had a hydrogen bomb detonate a few days after JFK's
inauguration that would have changed literally the course of history."
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1950-1968 and the US/UK military cannot keep secrets ...LOL
P6ATrajOip8
Published on 14 Oct 2013
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3481FOdiSDE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/Ni8N8DV1qHM/s48-c-k/photo.jpg
We all know about the risks posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But
new information reveals the US accidentally dropped bombs on its own soil, as Eric
Schlosser, reveals in his new book Command and Control.
====================================================
How US bomber nearly nuked North Carolina in 1961
t3SIQcy7rHQ
In a new book Command and Control, journalist Eric Schlosser chronicles America's
terrifying nuclear mishaps and near misses.
He recounts how in one incident in 1961, days after President John F Kennedy's
inauguration, two hydrogen bombs were accidentally dropped on Goldsboro, North
Carolina, as a B-52 bomber went into a tailspin.
Only the failure of a single low-voltage switch prevented disaster, Schlosser
explains to the BBC's Katty Kay.
"The bomb assumed it was being deliberately released over an enemy target - and
went through all its arming mechanisms save one, and very nearly detonated over
North Carolina," said Schlosser.
"And Robert McNamara had just become secretary of defense and he was terrified
by this news. We nearly had a hydrogen bomb detonate a few days after JFK's
inauguration that would have changed literally the course of history."
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