Countries That Have Lost Nuclear Bombs - Statistics

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Year Country
Fissile Core
Present?
Status Location % Correct
1950 United States No Never Found British Columbia
100%
1950 United States No Exploded (Non Nuclear), Nuclear Components Recovered Albuquerque, New Mexico
100%
1950 United States No Exploded (Non Nuclear) Lebanon, Ohio
100%
1950 United States No Exploded (Non Nuclear) Fairfield, California
100%
1950 United States No Jettisoned, Exploded (Non Nuclear), Covered Up Until 1980s Québec, Canada
100%
1956 United States Unknown "Nuclear Bomb Materials", Plane Disappeared, Never Found Mediterranean Sea
100%
1957 United States No Accidentally Dropped, Exploded (Non Nuclear) Albuquerque, New Mexico
100%
1957 United States No Two Jettisoned, Never Found Atlantic Ocean
100%
1958 United States No Jettisoned, Never Found Savannah, Georgia
100%
1958 United States Yes Emergency Release Lever Accidentally Pushed, Exploded (Non Nuclear), Destroyed Home and Injured People Mars Bluff, South Carolina
100%
1958 United States No Exploded (Non Nuclear) Abilene, Texas
100%
1958 United States No Exploded (Non Nuclear) Lake Charles, Louisiana
100%
1961 United States Yes Two Dropped, One Nearly Detonated (Nuclear), Other Destroyed While Armed, Still At The Site Goldsboro, North Carolina
100%
1961 United States Yes Two Thermonuclear Dropped, Both Not Armed, Heavily Damaged and Recovered. Both Fissile Cores Broke Off Yuba City, California
100%
1964 United States Yes Two Thermonuclear Dropped, Broke Apart, Recovered Savage Mountain, Maryland
100%
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
100%
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
100%
1968 United States Yes Four Thermonuclear Bombs, All Exploded (Non Nuclear), Nuclear Payload Scattered Wolstenholme Bay, Greenland
100%
1968 United States Yes Two Nuclear Warheads Lost On Submarine, Still On The Sea Floor 750km Southwest of the Azores, Portugal
100%
1968 Soviet Union Yes Two Nuclear Missiles Lost On Submarine, May Have Been Recovered By CIA 40°6'N 179°57'E, Pacific Ocean
82%
1970 Soviet Union Yes Four Nuclear Torpedoes On Submarine Sank, Still On Sea Floor 490km Northwest of Spain
82%
1977 Soviet Union Yes One Nuclear Torpedo Lost, Recovered Kamchatka, Russia
82%
1986 Soviet Union Yes 16 Torpedoes Lost, Never Recovered Hatteras Abyssal Plain, Atlantic Ocean
82%
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