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A B-52 tore apart over North Carolina in January 1961 and dropped two hydrogen bombs, and Sandia's own accident reports, released in 2021, record that one bomb powered itself up, ran its timer out and crushed its nose on impact, and that an arm-safe swit
Source: Space Daily · Published Sep 7, 2026, 2:00 PM
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In Science, Space Daily puts this story at the center of the day: A B-52 tore apart over North Carolina in January 1961 and dropped two hydrogen bombs, and Sandia's own accident reports, released in 2021, record that one bomb powered itself up, ran its timer out and crushed its nose on impact, and that an arm-safe swit Space Daily FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.
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