How Did the #CIA Lose a #Nuclear Device?
The device, a #SNAP19C portable generator containing #plutonium isotopes including #Pu239 was left behind in October 1965 when a sudden blizzard forced climbers to retreat from Camp Four, just below the summit, it disappeared on one of world’s highest mountains in a hush-hush mission the #US still won’t talk about. The device remains buried somewhere in the glaciers that feed tributaries of the #GangesRiver.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html
https://archive.ph/VLJxx

#nytimes:
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How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device?
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"A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a hush-hush mission the U.S. still won’t talk about."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html

13.12.2025

#Atomkraft #China #CIA #climbing #Ganges #Himalaya #Indien #Kernenergie #NandaDevi #NuclearDevice #Plutonium #pollution #RTG #SNAP19 #SNAP19C #USA