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要想找到失落到大海里的任何物品,无疑是“大海捞针”。1966年1月,美国空军在西班牙执行秘密飞行任务的一架B-52G轰炸机在进行空中加油时,意外与一架KC-135A加油机相撞,致使一枚氢弹失落大海。为大海捞弹,美国出动的陆海空三军多达4000人之众,历时长达80天,耗资高达5000多万美元,付出了极大的代价。以下是当年参加这枚氢弹搜索回收工作的一位空气动力学专家,兰迪·梅迪尤(Randy Mayder)对这段终生难忘经历的回忆。
To find anything lost to the sea is undoubtedly “needle in a haystack ”. In January 1966, a B-52G bombed by the U.S. Air Force on a clandestine mission in Spain accidentally collided with a KC-135A tanker, causing a hydrogen bomb to fall to the sea during an aerial refueling operation. The United States sent as many as 4,000 people to the sea, navy and the armed forces dispatched by the United States for as long as 80 days, costing up to more than 50 million U.S. dollars and paying a great price. Here is a remembrance of Randy Mayder's life-long memorabilia from an aerodynamic expert who participated in the search for this hydrogen bomb.