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Research: No U.S. nuke in Greenland

The B-52 bomber crashed a few kilometers from the U.S. base at Thule in Greenland, losing its four nuclear devices. Archive.
The B-52 bomber crashed a few kilometers from the U.S. base at Thule in Greenland, losing its four nuclear devices. Archive.
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The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) concludes in a new report that a 1968 U.S. B52 bomber accident in Greenland, in which four un-primed hydrogen bombs dropped onto the area, did not leave one of the bombs on the sea-bed.

The accident happened near the American base at Thule and the devices were reported to have been destroyed. A major clean-up operation ensued in order to locate and remove radioactive material – most of which was recovered, according to the report.

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