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Feb 2023
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182: The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash
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60 years ago, a B-52 carrying two nuclear weapons crashed in North Carolina.
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1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash - Wikipedia
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - Wikipedia
Mark 39 nuclear bomb - Wikipedia
This Is What Happens When An H-Bomb Explodes Over North Carolina
The Site of Bomb #2- Google Maps
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