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Defusing Nuclear Bombs: The Goldsboro 'Broken Arrow'
FromWitness History
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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
How Lt. Jack ReVelle disarmed two thermonuclear bombs which crashed in Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1961. The bombs had been sucked out of a B-52 bomber which broke up in mid air and crashed on a flight over the eastern United States. Accidents involving nuclear weapons are known as Broken Arrows in US military terminology. At the time, Jack Revelle led a US Air Force Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team based in Ohio.
Photo: One of the bombs Jack disarmed remained virtually intact.(USAF)
Photo: One of the bombs Jack disarmed remained virtually intact.(USAF)
Released:
May 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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