US was one switch away from nuclear bomb catastrophe

A four-megaton nuclear bomb was one switch away from exploding over the US in 1961, according to a newly declassified US document.

US was one switch away from nuclear bomb catastrophe

A four-megaton nuclear bomb was one switch away from exploding over the US in 1961, according to a newly declassified US document.

Two bombs were on board a B-52 plane that went into an uncontrolled spin over North Carolina - both bombs fell and one began the detonation process.

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