US EditionA B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Crashed In Greenland Carrying 4 Hydrogen Bombs During the Cold War
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A B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Crashed In Greenland Carrying 4 Hydrogen Bombs During the Cold War
Summary and Key Points: A B-52 Lost in Greenland Carrying Nukes -Greenland’s renewed political spotlight intersects with an older, darker episode: the January 1968 crash of a B-52 near Thule during Operation Chrome Dome, when nuclear-armed bombers stayed airborne to deter a Soviet first strike. -A fire reportedly triggered system failures, forcing the crew to […] The post A B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Crashed In Greenland Carrying 4 Hydrogen Bomb…
Denmark's relationship with the U.S. is shattered by the Eclat around Greenland. Defence politician Rasmus Jarlov draws a clear lesson from this for the future.
Greenland As A Strategic Prize: From The Thule Nuclear Crash To Trump’s Open Claims
On January 21, 1968, a United States Air Force bomber carrying four thermonuclear weapons crashed onto the frozen ice near Thule Air Base in Greenland. What followed — radioactive contamination, secret diplomacy, and the silencing of Indigenous voices — was not an aberration. It was a revelation. More than half a century later, as former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks openly about acquiring Greenland that crash reads less like a Cold War acc…
At a time when the current White House tenant swears only by the annexation of Groenland it may be worth recalling that America has not always been a guarantor of security for this (giga mousse) end of Denmark in the North Atlantic. Indeed 58 years ago to day the US Air Force saw [...] This content 21 January 1968, the day when in Groenland America lost a B-52 and four nuclear weapons. was first published on aircraftgenders.net - Encyclopaedia o…
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