Countries That Have Lost Nuclear Bombs

Not counting bombs that accidentally exploded on the ground or in a vehicle/plane
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Year
Country
Fissile Core
Present?
Status
Location
1950
United States
No
Never Found
British Columbia
1950
United States
No
Exploded (Non Nuclear),
Nuclear Components
Recovered
Albuquerque,
New Mexico
1950
United States
No
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
Lebanon, Ohio
1950
United States
No
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
Fairfield,
California
1950
United States
No
Jettisoned,
Exploded (Non Nuclear),
Covered Up Until 1980s
Québec,
Canada
1956
United States
Unknown
"Nuclear Bomb Materials",
Plane Disappeared,
Never Found
Mediterranean Sea
1957
United States
No
Accidentally Dropped,
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
Albuquerque,
New Mexico
1957
United States
No
Two Jettisoned,
Never Found
Atlantic Ocean
1958
United States
No
Jettisoned,
Never Found
Savannah, Georgia
1958
United States
Yes
Emergency Release Lever
Accidentally Pushed,
Exploded (Non Nuclear),
Destroyed Home and
Injured People
Mars Bluff,
South Carolina
1958
United States
No
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
Abilene, Texas
1958
United States
No
Exploded (Non Nuclear)
Lake Charles,
Louisiana
1961
United States
Yes
Two Dropped, One Nearly
Detonated (Nuclear),
Other Destroyed While Armed,
Still At The Site
Goldsboro,
North Carolina
1961
United States
Yes
Two Thermonuclear Dropped,
Both Not Armed, Heavily
Damaged and Recovered.
Both Fissile Cores Broke Off
Yuba City,
California
1964
United States
Yes
Two Thermonuclear Dropped,
Broke Apart, Recovered
Savage Mountain,
Maryland
1965
United States
Yes
Live Thermonuclear Bomb in
Jet Fell Off Aircraft Carrier,
Never Found
100km from Kikai
Island, Japan or
130km from the
Ryukyu Islands
1966
United States
Yes
Four Thermonuclear Bombs
Dropped, Two Exploded
(Non Nuclear) On Land,
One Recovered On Land,
One Recovered In Sea
Near Spain,
Mediterranean Sea
1968
United States
Yes
Four Thermonuclear Bombs,
All Exploded (Non Nuclear),
Nuclear Payload Scattered
Wolstenholme Bay,
Greenland
1968
Soviet Union
Yes
Two Nuclear Missiles Lost
On Submarine, May Have Been
Recovered By CIA
40°6'N 179°57'E,
Pacific Ocean
1968
United States
Yes
Two Nuclear Warheads Lost
On Submarine, Still On The
Sea Floor
750km Southwest
of the Azores,
Portugal
1970
Soviet Union
Yes
Four Nuclear Torpedoes On
Submarine Sank, Still On
Sea Floor
490km Northwest of
Spain
1977
Soviet Union
Yes
One Nuclear Torpedo Lost,
Recovered
Kamchatka, Russia
1986
Soviet Union
Yes
16 Torpedoes Lost,
Never Recovered
Hatteras Abyssal Plain,
Atlantic Ocean
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