60 years ago today, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

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60 years ago today, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

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