Hydrogen Bomb Accidents (Part 1)

American belief in press freedom and freedom of information is unique. It is the only nation that allowed the press to report accidents involving hydrogen bombs. An ordinary H-bomb equals 200 Hiroshima atomic bombs.

1. In 1957 a USAF B-47 bomber accidentally dropped 2 H-bombs in South Carolina. One bomb was found stuck on a tree while the other landed on farmland. Luckily, upon impact the triggering devices did not create chain reactions that would have led to nuclear explosions.
2. On January 24, 1961 a B-52 bomber broke apart because of leaking fuel in Goldsboro, North Carolina. 4 H-bombs crashed on farmlands and detonated the dynamites which would have triggered chain reactions leading to fusion explosions. The explosions did not create a chain reaction but the bombs cracked on hitting the ground releasing very highly retroactive materials.
3. On December 5, 1965 US aircraft carrier Ticonderoga was returning to its naval base in Saseba, Japan after a tour of duty in Vietnam. Along Okinawa’s coast it conducted a nuclear bomb loading exercise. A live B-43 H-Bomb with an explosive power of one megaton was loaded on a Douglas A-4 one engine Fighter bomber called sky hawk. After the exercise (made in choppy sea) the jet was being pushed to a plane elevator to be returned to the hangar below the flight deck. Because of the strong winds, and big waves the plane kept moving. The flight deck crew gave all kinds of alarms, signals but maybe the pilot did not see or was maybe trying to stop his jet from moving forward. The jet broke the netting of the elevator and fell into the sea. The pilot never got out and the jet sank. In some world maps the place where the jet sank is called the Philippine sea. The pilot, plane and H-bomb was never recovered.
4. On January 13, 1966 a B-52 bomber collided with a KC 130 Jet Tanker while refueling in Spain. 3 H-Bombs landed in Palomares, Spain and were recovered. The 4th bomb fell into the Spanish sea and was recovered 80 days later.
5. On January 21, 1968 a B-52 caught fire over Greenland and crashed into the sea while trying to land in the US airbase in Thule, Greenland. The 4 H-Bombs burned but the explosive devices did not trigger chain reactions that would have blew up the H-bombs. America, Spain and Denmark (Owner of Greenland) are allies so in top secret deals, U.S paid for the very expensive sophisticated clean up of radioactive waste.

The point is: accidents happen. A nuclear war might start by accident. Pushing the wrong button, dial, knob could fire the ICBMS, guided missiles, etc. It is also clear that with the 2023 floods, earthquakes, fires droughts, super typhoons that we need the Lord more than ever. Maybe not enough in the world are praying.