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Canadian navy investigates underwater ‘find’ – it is not the Missing Cold War nuclear bomb

Missing Cold War nuclear bomb remains a mystery after Canadian navy investigates object found by diver, Telegraph,   Chris Graham 26 NOVEMBER 2016 
ACold War nuclear bomb is still missing after it turned out a diver’s underwater discovery was not the atomic weapon weapon as first thought.

The mystery of a “missing nuke” in Canada has baffled historians for more than half a century.

Ever since an American B-36 Bomber crashed near British Columbia during a secret training mission in 1950, the nuclear bomb on boardhas never been found. Earlier this month, a commercial diver raised hopes that the Mark IV bomb had been discovered after he stumbled across an object in the waters off Canada’s west coast. ……Along with assistance from the diver, the HMCS Yellowknife investigated the wreckage, only to determine that the object was just a piece of steel machinery……http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/26/missing-cold-war-nuclear-bomb-remains-mystery-canadian-navy/

November 28, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general