The Missing Bomb [Paperback]

Harry Rubin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 13, 2008

On February 5, 1958, an Air Force B-47 Stratojet was cruising at 38,000 feet over southeastern Georgia at 500 miles per hour. In its bomb bay was a Mark 15 thermonuclear bomb, many times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. At 12:33 a.m., in a bright moonlit sky, history was about to be made when an accident with an F-86 required the pilot of the bomber to jettison the bomb into the waters of Wassau Sound, located just 16 miles from Savannah, Georgia. Despite a massive serach, the missing bomb has never been found. Fifty years later, a small U.S. Navy crew on a coastal trawler is given the mission to look for it. This is the story of that mission.

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Max Publishing (June 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979995051
• ISBN-13: 978-0979995057
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,416,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Broken Arrow, April 5, 2009

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The military has code words for mishaps that involve nuclear weapons. The most serious are those in which a weapon is lost or there is an area contaminated with radioactivity. They called them "Broken Arrow." A real Broken Arrow occured in 1958 when a Mark 15 nuclear bomb was really lost in Wassaw Sound near Savannah, Georgia. This weapon used at Hiroshima was a "mere" 15 kiloton fission bomb. The Mark-15 had a yield of 1.6 to 3.9 Megatons! It has never been found. For the true story, Google "Secret Code for Nuclear Bomb mishap! Broken Arrow!" without the quotes

But what if an enemy of the US wanted to find it to learn how to make one themselves? Harry Rubin weaves an interesting novel based on this true story of a Broken Arrow. Harry tells a very detailed account of another search for the lost H-bomb -- before an unknown enemy is able to find it.