On May 27, 1957 a Mark 17 was unintentionally jettisoned from a Convair B-36 Peacemaker just south of Albuquerque, New Mexico's Kirtland AFB. The device fell through the closed bomb …

The MK-17 was the first operational USAF thermonuclear "H-Bomb" (The "H" refers to the hydrogen which was fused under intense heat conditions to produce unprecedented energy …

Aug 27, 1986 · Newly released government documents reveal that a 42,000-pound hydrogen bomb, one of the most powerful ever made, accidentally fell from a bomber near Albuquerque …

In May of 1957 a thermonuclear bomb fell out of an airplane and landed on Mesa del Sol, one mile southeast of the Albuquerque Airport. The hydrogen bomb, a Mark 17 model, was one of …

Size wise, the Mk 17 was the largest nuclear weapon ever built by the United States. In combat a gigantic 64-foot diameter ribbon parachute was designed to slow down or retard the big bomb...

May 22, 2020 · The Mk 17 hydrogen bomb, the largest in the U.S. arsenal, is gone. It has accidentally fallen out of the aircraft, tearing the bomb bay doors open, and disappearing into …

Sep 1, 2010 · Three of the more unusual—and in the end impractical—of these weapons were the enormous Mk 17 hydrogen bomb, the Navy’s drone anti-submarine helicopter equipped with a …

The Mark 17 was the largest nuclear bomb deployed by the United States. It was one of the first thermonuclear weapons stockpiled. When the bomb shape was test-dropped, the plane would …

The MK-17 was the first operational USAF thermonuclear “H-Bomb” (The “H” refers to the hydrogen which was fused under intense heat conditions to produce unprecedented energy …