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  2. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia

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    Three bomb runs were made over the next 50 minutes, burning fuel and exposing the aircraft repeatedly to the heavy defenses around Kokura, but the bombardier was unable to drop visually. By the time of the third bomb run, Japanese anti-aircraft fire was getting close, and Second Lieutenant Jacob Beser, who was monitoring Japanese communications ...

  3. List of military nuclear accidents - Wikipedia

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    A B-36 ferrying a Mark 17 nuclear bomb from Biggs AFB to Kirtland AFB dropped a thermonuclear weapon on approach to Kirtland. The weapon struck the ground 4.5 miles south of the Kirtland control tower and 0.3 miles west of the Sandia Base reservation. The weapon was completely destroyed by the detonation of its high explosive material, creating ...

  4. 1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident - Wikipedia

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    A Mark 6 nuclear bomb, similar to the one dropped in the incident, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.. On March 11, 1958, a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-47E-LM Stratojet from Hunter Air Force Base operated by the 375th Bombardment Squadron of the 308th Bombardment Wing near Savannah, Georgia, took off at approximately 4:34 PM and was scheduled to fly to the United Kingdom and ...

  5. That time the U.S. government accidentally dropped a nuclear ...

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    The bomb was released from its clamps and fell on the bomb bay doors, which held for a “second or two,” before breaking open and dropping a military-grade warhead on the Gregg home just east ...

  6. 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash - Wikipedia

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    The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash was an accident that occurred near Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, on 24 January 1961.A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3.8-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process.

  7. Enola Gay - Wikipedia

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    The Enola Gay (/ ə ˈ n oʊ l ə /) is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets.On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare.

  8. It’s time to end the myth that the US needed to drop ... - AOL

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    Experts then and now agree: By June 1945, Japan had been militarily defeated and President Truman didn’t need to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | Opinion

  9. Netanyahu suspends minister who suggested dropping nuclear ...

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    Asked in a radio interview Sunday whether Israel should drop an atomic bomb on Gaza, Eliyahu replied that that was an option,… Netanyahu suspends minister who suggested dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza