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US nearly detonated atomic bomb on own soil by accident in 1961 | News | DW.DE | 21.09.2013
Kinda makes you wonder how tenuous the bridge between our being secure and our illusion of safety really is...
An atomic bomb nearly detonated over North Carolina in 1961, according to a newly declassified document published by the Guardian newspaper. The explosive was 260 times more powerful than the device that hit Hiroshima.
Kinda makes you wonder how tenuous the bridge between our being secure and our illusion of safety really is...