Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...

A plane crash released two nuclear bombs over North Carolina in 1961 ... The ill-fated plane was preparing to land at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro when it exploded, releasing ...

A military plane was carrying the weapons when it exploded over a rural area, killing three people and sending the bombs plunging toward the ground Jan. 24, 1961. The “safety interlocks on the weapons ...