These were relatively lightweight at 3,450 kg. ( 7,600 lb.) with a yield initially of 1.69 megatons but the yield increased later with the Mod 2 & 3 versions to 3.8 megatons.
The design was much enhanced during the Redwing Cherokee series of 17 tests conducted at Enewetak & Bikini Atolls - part of the Marshall Islands Trust Territory north of New Zealand.
The Mk.15 Mod I version came about as a result of extremely unpredictable results from the Castle Nectar test series of the ZOMBIE Weapon prototypes.
Redwing-Apache Test.
A number of these nukes were constantly air-born in B-47 Nuclear Bombers readied for bombing strikes against the USSR.
On February 5 1958 an F-86L Sabre Fighter collided with one of these bombers causing it to then jettison it's hydrogen bomb load off the Georgia coast. It is still in the silt there 61 years later - under the sea despite a search for it by US military.
- While the search at Tybee Island was still being conducted, the Air Force had to divert some resources to Florence, South Carolina, where another H-bomb had been accidentally dropped by a B-47.
This second bomb's conventional explosives detonated on impact, sending radioactive debris across the landscape. This explosion caused extensive property damage and several injuries. Fortunately there was no nuclear detonation.
Thankfully - We are in safe hands,
Marty K.
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