In 1958, a Mark 6 bomb WAS dropped at Mars Bluff, South Carolina.
It lacked fissionable material, but had 7,600 pounds of conventional explosives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bluff%2C_South_Carolina
Nuclear weapons are no joke-- on purpose or as accidents waiting to happen.
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In 1958, a Mark 6 bomb WAS dropped at Mars Bluff, South Carolina. It lacked fissionable material, but had 7,600 pounds of conventional explosives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bluff%2C_South_Carolina Nuclear weapons are no joke-- on purpose or as accidents waiting to happen.