cupalmanacco del nucleare: 11 ottobre

11 Ottobre 1957 - Homestead Air Force Base, Homestead, Florida, USA. Un bombardiere B-47 si schianta con una bomba di cui la carica nucleare era disinnescata. L'aereo brucia, esplode la carica classica. A B-47 bomber carrying a nuclear weapon and its separated fissile core crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft crashed in an inhabited area approximately 3,800 feet from the end of the runway, enveloping the nuclear weapon and its fissile core in flames which burned and smoldered for approximately four hours. Although two small explosions occurred during the burning, the weapon core and its carrying case were recovered intact and only slightly damaged by the heat. Approximately one-half of the weapon remained and all its major components were recovered but damaged.

11 Ottobre 1965 - Base Wright-Patterson dell’Air Force, vicino Dayton, Ohio, USA. Un aereo C-124 da trasporto contenente componenti di armi nucleari e un modello per l’addestramento, prende fuoco mentre viene rifornito. Il fuoco comincia a bruciare nella parte finale del rimorchio di rifornimento e distrugge la fusoliera dell’aereo. Non ci sono vittime e le conseguenze del pericolo di radiazioni sono minime.

11 Ottobre 1971 - (incidente unità navale nucleare) Atlantic: The USS Talbot (DEG-4) suffers an engineering casualty and is towed by the USS Skylark (ASR-20) to Newport, Rhode Island.

11 Ottobre 1972 - (incidente unità navale nucleare) Atlantic: The French diesel submarine La Sirene sinks at its moorings after emergency bulkheads fail to prevent an inrush of water through an open torpedo tube, no reported injuries.

11 Ottobre 1989 - (incidente unità navale nucleare) Atlantic: The USS EL Paso (LKA-177) accidentally hits the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) with rounds from its Phalanx close-in weapons system during gunnery practice 80 miles southeast of Norfolk, Virginia. One man onboard the Iwo Jima is killed and another is injured. Damage is slight.
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