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<blockquote data-quote="Vashthestampede" data-source="post: 3369823" data-attributes="member: 32491"><p>That isn't fort dix the latitude and longitude is wrong and the BOMARC site used to be known as McGuire AFB BOMARC site</p><p></p><p>"Although designated the "McGuire AFB BOMARC site",</p><p></p><p>the installation is well to the east of the Air Force Base.</p><p></p><p>It actually sits just off the end of the primary runway of the Lakehurst Naval Air Test Facility,</p><p></p><p>just east of NJ Route 539. "</p><p></p><p><a href="http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/NJ/Airfields_NJ_E.htm" target="_blank">http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/NJ/Airfields_NJ_E.htm</a></p><p></p><p>THis part is a bit troublesome</p><p>"The McGuire BOMARC site is infamous as the site of a RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL SPILL.</p><p></p><p>The incident happened on July 7, 1960, according to the book “U.S. Nuclear Weapons: A Secret History”, by Chuck Hansen.</p><p></p><p>A nuclear-armed BOMARC missile in ready storage condition (permitting launch in two minutes)</p><p></p><p>was destroyed by explosion & fire after a high pressure helium tank</p><p></p><p>exploded & ruptured the missile's fuel tanks.</p><p></p><p>The warhead was also destroyed by the fire although the high explosive did not detonate.</p><p></p><p>Plutonium fragments from the warhead were spread over an area surrounding the launcher.</p><p></p><p>The firefighting efforts around the missile building resulted in contamination being washed into the soil & a nearby stream.</p><p></p><p>All identifiable fragments of the warhead were recovered,</p><p></p><p>but the surrounding soil in the site has remained in a low level RADIOACTIVE state for over 40 years."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vashthestampede, post: 3369823, member: 32491"] That isn't fort dix the latitude and longitude is wrong and the BOMARC site used to be known as McGuire AFB BOMARC site "Although designated the "McGuire AFB BOMARC site", the installation is well to the east of the Air Force Base. It actually sits just off the end of the primary runway of the Lakehurst Naval Air Test Facility, just east of NJ Route 539. " [url]http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/NJ/Airfields_NJ_E.htm[/url] THis part is a bit troublesome "The McGuire BOMARC site is infamous as the site of a RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL SPILL. The incident happened on July 7, 1960, according to the book “U.S. Nuclear Weapons: A Secret History”, by Chuck Hansen. A nuclear-armed BOMARC missile in ready storage condition (permitting launch in two minutes) was destroyed by explosion & fire after a high pressure helium tank exploded & ruptured the missile's fuel tanks. The warhead was also destroyed by the fire although the high explosive did not detonate. Plutonium fragments from the warhead were spread over an area surrounding the launcher. The firefighting efforts around the missile building resulted in contamination being washed into the soil & a nearby stream. All identifiable fragments of the warhead were recovered, but the surrounding soil in the site has remained in a low level RADIOACTIVE state for over 40 years." [/QUOTE]
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