A tiny three-person submersible once recovered a hydrogen bomb from the deep ocean
In a high-stakes Cold War recovery mission, a small three-person submersible dove thousands of feet into the Mediterranean to retrieve a lost 3-megaton hydrogen bomb.
Following a mid-air collision in 1966, the U.S. Navy faced a nightmare scenario: a hydrogen bomb lost on the ocean floor off the coast of Spain. The mission fell to Alvin, a tiny submersible barely larger than a car. After 34 grueling dives reaching depths of nearly 3,000 feet, the crew successfully located the weapon tangled in parachute lines.
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