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INTERVIEW: Recollections of an Andalucian who was just a child when the USA accidentally dropped four atom bombs on Spain – in what became known as the Palomares nuclear disaster
17 Jan 2026 10:40 GMT
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One of them, a B-52 bomber, was carrying four nuclear warheads … in Palomares, the hydrogen bombs exploded because the conventional … and classified components of the B-52, such as radios and … Madrid.
Why was the B-52 bomber flying over southern Spain with …
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ON THIS DAY: When America atom-bombed Andalucia (by mistake)
17 Jan 2026 08:06 GMT
… have a fleet of B-52 bombers, loaded with nuclear bombs, in the air … Spain came in. A B-52 can make it comfortably from … Seville, to rendezvous with a B-52. Perhaps the crew members were … the tanker was refuelling the bomber, something went disastrously wrong. …
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The U.S. Navy’s Trump-Class Battleship Might Be a ‘Nuclear Bomber’
17 Jan 2026 01:53 GMT
Trump-Class Battleships and the Nuclear Question: Deterrence Boost or Escalation Trap?
There is little question that a new Trump-class of battleships could fill a massive “firepower” void in the Naval arsenal, given the retirement of four Ohio-class Guided …
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Missiles That Think, Bombs That Dig: The Weapons That Could Define Trump’s Next Iran Decision
15 Jan 2026 02:45 GMT
… the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. In the June 2025 … a path for the heavier bombers.
Tomahawk Test
To overwhelm Iranian … B-21 Raider prototypes or B-52 bombers, allowing for “standoff" … News explainers Missiles That Think, Bombs That Dig: The Weapons That …
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Investigators indicate controller confusion during E175 and B-52 airprox
13 Jan 2026 10:28 GMT
… 52H bomber near Minot airport, North Dakota, last year.
The B-52 … ordinating the inbound E175 and B-52 with Dakota radar approach … with the bomber.
Owing to the presence of the B-52, the … this instruction was for the B-52.
The National Transportation Safety …
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Larry Wilson: Danish modernism and the coming invasion of Greenland
17 Jan 2026 15:01 GMT
… -mile-long runway that hosted B-52 bombers and missile installations during the … a question, pre-fishing boat bombings, pre-Venezuela invasion, would have …
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The US Air Force Base In Greenland & Its Strategic Role
17 Jan 2026 12:24 GMT
… which involved nuclear-armed B-52 bombers flying continuous airborne alert … Thule Monitor," had bombers continuously orbiting above the base … Arctic to detect Soviet bombers. The Ballistic Missile Early … A cabin fire caused a B-52 bomber on a "Thule …
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Voices of Veterans: Senior Master Sergeant Edward Conrad shares his story of service in the US Army Air Forces
16 Jan 2026 19:45 GMT
… the “H-Model B-52 Bomber, the last of the B-52’s made. Conrad … B-52. “It was an eight engine bomber that carried 43 750-pound bombs … they could “hold a different B-52 model, so not the H … forget how many times we bombed them per week,” Conrad added …
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Australia’s confidence in Trump’s US has evaporated. What will it take for the alliance to rupture?
16 Jan 2026 14:14 GMT
… US can deploy nuclear-capable B-52 bombers.
But US contempt for allies …
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US-Iran Tensions: What weapons could US use against Iran as Trump issues repeated warnings
16 Jan 2026 06:55 GMT
… B-1, B-2, and B-52 bombers. The US Navy’s F … . Drones reduce the risk to pilots while allowing precise targeting and …
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