1960 New Jersey BOMARC Missile Fire
120123 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. When the Soviet Union acquired nuclear weapons, the United States decided to field nuclear surface to air missiles to defend against Soviet bombers. Less than a year after being deployed, one of those missiles caught fire and exploded in rural New Jersey. The History Guy recalls a forgotten accident that occurred at the height of Cold War tensions.
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