At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a 160-foot gash across the frozen bay. All four thermonuclear weapons detonated ...
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The day a US nuclear bomber crashed in Greenland and shook the Cold War
In 1968, a US B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed near Thule in Greenland after an onboard fire. The impact caused radioactive contamination and killed a crew member. The accident ...
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A B-52 lost four H-bombs on Arctic ice and Greenland still carries it
“Greenland’s strategic importance has always been a trade-off: the island’s location is superb for early warning and global reach, but it also means that accidents are long, expensive, and politically ...
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