What few know is that during the Korean War the United States drew up plans to end the conflict by positioning nuclear weapons in Japan to attack North Korea, and that B-29s carrying Mark 4 nuclear bombs were sent to the British isles in case of a needed launch against any response from the Soviet Union... | Dark Documentaries

On March 6, 1953, with the Korean War in full swing, the Essex-class USS Oriskany carrier's worst enemy was one of her own aircraft. As a Vought F4U Corsair landed on the mighty vessel, a cameraman caught a loaded bomb dropping from the aircraft, then bouncing off the deck twice and finally exploding, documenting the tragic incident on film forever. Although derived from a common occurrence in military aircraft, the occurrence had more than lethal consequences, and the crew had to react quickly

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