| Did you know about. the hydrogen bomb lost at tybee island #189229 08/27/09 11:48 AM 08/27/09 11:48 AM | andrewscott
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#189234 08/27/09 12:13 PM 08/27/09 12:13 PM | andrewscott
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Unregistered | pretty wild.. i worked on explosives in the navy.. and yes there are multiple levels of "safety's" to prevent un-intended detonation.. there is more risk from your boom than from a "big boom" | | | Re: Did you know about. the hydrogen bomb lost at tybee island
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#189237 08/27/09 12:24 PM 08/27/09 12:24 PM | andrewscott
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Unregistered | Tritium in it is probably depleted by now anyway so no chance of it going off. Rolf, how did you get so smart? Must be the clean air and water in Norge! | | | Re: Did you know about. the hydrogen bomb lost at tybee island
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | That explains the six eyed sharks and Chuck.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#189308 08/28/09 12:43 AM 08/28/09 12:43 AM |
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Posts: 493 Minnesota | There are more nuclear weapons lost by the U.S. military than just that one. Search the internet for the code word "Broken Arrow" and be prepared to be shocked by the number of lost nuclear weapons.
Jeff Peterson H-16 Sail #23721 Big Marine Lake, MN
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#189372 08/28/09 09:13 AM 08/28/09 09:13 AM | andrewscott
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Unregistered | I saw the show. Would make a decent wave to surf the boat! Only You and Hans would want to sail in that~! | | | Re: Did you know about. the hydrogen bomb lost at tybee island
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | Kinda like California losing 30,000 state owned vehicles. I shutter to think what my city government has misplaced Are you serious? (as the lawyer community seems fond of shouting..) Cite! (as in, please link the reference for that comment)
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