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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Sept. 16, 2004 — During the Cold War, the United States lost 11 nuclear bombs in accidents.
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I only know of the (was it two or four) lost in the Atlantic off of Spain (and recovered) and the one bomb lost in SC. Where were others lost?
Back then, the US always kept loaded bombers in each of three loops. Today, it is normal for something like a few hundred thousand people to be in the air at any one time - and not have crashes. But back then, reliable planes were difficult to maintain - flying tens of hours carrying nuclear bombs.
After all this time, I would expected bomb casings to have partially disintegrated making radioactive material recovery difficult.