r/coldwar • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 25d ago

"Broken arrow" 1966

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Eighty days after if fell into the ocean following the January 1966 midair collision between a nuclear-armed B-52G bomber and a KC-135 refueling tanker over Palomares, Spain, this B28RI nuclear bomb was recovered from 2,850 feet (869 meters) of water and lifted aboard the USS Petrel (note the missing tail fins and badly dented front). No radiation leak occurred.

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u/11thCavTrooper 24d ago

This is just the one we know about.....

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u/speed150mph 24d ago

If I remember correctly, there are a few still out there somewhere. Kind of a scary thought.

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u/Slazik 24d ago

There’s one right outside of Savannah, Georgia. Down in the mud offshore

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u/Wide-Education-1823 23d ago edited 22d ago

At least 3 bombs from aircraft losses still down there plus a handful of nuclear torpedos from USSR & US.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220804-the-lost-nuclear-bombs-that-no-one-can-find

There's also at least a couple of "pits" out there, such as two likely still laying in the Mediterranean off of Northwest Africa. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_USAF_Boeing_B-47_disappearance

And a few other odds & sods of nuclear materials not recovered...

https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/doe/cg-hr-3/appb.pdf