Mark 15 nuclear bomb
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The Mark 15 nuclear bomb, or Mk-15, was a 1950s American thermonuclear bomb, the first relatively lightweight thermonuclear bomb created by the United States.
Mark 15 bomb
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
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The Boeing B-47 Stratojet is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber that was designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy intercept
Mark 15 nuclear bomb
…devices were initially tested as the TX-15-X3 (which is identical to the W39 Mod 0 design). On February 5, 1958, during a training mission flown by a B-47, a Mk 15 nuclear bomb, was lost off the coast of Tybee Island, Georgia near Savannah. Initially, experts disputed whether the bomb was nuclear or not…
Boeing B-47 Stratojet in flight
Seven B-47A at Boeing's Wichita plant, January 1951
The first Boeing XB-47 built (46-0065) on 1 December 1947
B-47B using JATO bottles to reduce takeoff distance