The US Almost Nuked Itself in 1961

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    In January of 1961, the USAF was dramatically close to dropping a pair of hydrogen bombs over North Carolina. Each bomb carried a 4 mega-ton payload making them 260 times stronger than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima.

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