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WETWRKS
11-27-2016, 20:18
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-26/iran-loses-nuclear-device-sparks-gcc-concerns

Somehow I think this was all according to the plan.
Great-Kazoo
11-27-2016, 20:45
Why worry, it's for peaceful purposes.
Skip
11-27-2016, 20:46
Zerohedge = fake news.

I'm sure there is nothing to worry about.

(Obvious sarc)
Gman
11-27-2016, 20:50
I'd read the comments for that article, but I don't have enough foil on hand.
wctriumph
11-27-2016, 21:26
It just gets better and better, doesn't it?
SideShow Bob
11-27-2016, 22:31
What's the big deal ? The U.S. has lost 6 nuclear weapons that were never recovered........
ruthabagah
11-27-2016, 23:10
Looks like some medical caesium caps according to the source article.... not a big deal. these get lost or stolen all the time.
Martinjmpr
11-28-2016, 09:12
What's the big deal ? The U.S. has lost 6 nuclear weapons that were never recovered........

More than 6 I think, especially if you count the nuke subs that sank in the deep ocean. And of course those are only the ones that the government acknowledges having lost....

If you ever have time to kill google "lost nuclear weapons" and prepare for hours of entertainment.
DavieD55
11-28-2016, 10:15
Wouldn't be surprised if it winds up being found in Syria in the hands of the current administrations proxy army isis.
BushMasterBoy
11-28-2016, 10:15
Hell even most of the smoke detectors in peoples homes are radioactive. Americium 241!
HoneyBadger
11-28-2016, 18:15
More than 6 I think, especially if you count the nuke subs that sank in the deep ocean. And of course those are only the ones that the government acknowledges having lost....

If you ever have time to kill google "lost nuclear weapons" and prepare for hours of entertainment.

I was actually reading about this one last night at work. The innovation and risks taken back then were crazy by today's standards!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian
Ridge
11-28-2016, 19:59
So yeah, they didn't lose a bomb. They lost some nuclear material.
Gman
11-28-2016, 20:20
The ionization smoke detectors in my home contain radioactive material. Oh noes!
Martinjmpr
11-29-2016, 09:42
"Nuclear device" has become slang for a bomb but there are lots of nuclear devices that have little or no weapon potential other than the radiation from the device itself.

IIRC the Soviets used some kind of nuclear generator on some of their lighthouses in the Arctic. It used some kind of radioactive material that decayed and produced heat in the process. Since these were unmanned stations in the middle of nowhere, and since there's no such thing as a Soviet EPA, they just let these things radiate and to hell with the environmental damage.