23. Why Trump Wants Greenland: The Lost Nuclear Bomb (Ep 2)

The Rest Is Classified

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Can nuclear missiles really just disappear? Why is Greenland so important to the security of the United States? And will Donald Trump go all the way with his plan to buy this Arctic island? A plane carrying nuclear weapons crashes in the Arctic and the effects ricochet through history. From seals born with deformities to radioactive permafrost, the presence of nuclear weapons on Greenland is seismic and very controversial. So, with Donald Trump threatening to buy the world’s largest island, David and Gordon are asking: why? ------------------- Order a signed edition of David's latest book, The Seventh Floor, via this link. ------------------- Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.nordvpn.com/restisclassified It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Email: [email protected] Twitter: @triclassified Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.2	Were you carrying nuclear bombs?
0:39.3	Major, as you know, I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons aboard an airplane.
0:44.2	I know that, but I really have to know.
0:46.8	I know that, but I'm not allowed to tell you.
0:48.8	All right, let me put it another way. I'm sending out rescue parties.
0:51.5	I need to know how close they can safely approach the crash site.
0:56.2	Major, I wouldn't go in 3,000 feet of that son of a bitch.
0:59.6	That tells me all that I need to know.
1:01.7	Well, welcome to the rest is classified.
1:04.0	I'm David McCloskey.
1:05.0	And I'm Gordon Carrera.
1:06.1	And that, for those who couldn't tell, was B-52 co-pilot Joe DiMario talking to the base commander
1:13.3	at Toulay Air Force Base in Greenland. So we left Joe DeMario in his parachute, actually,
1:21.9	fleeing a, and this is going to sound insane, but it's true. Fleeing a burning B-52 bomber carrying four thermonuclear weapons over Greenland in 1968,
1:37.5	and we left Joe.
1:38.3	He was falling out of that plane.
1:39.9	He had a parachute open.
1:41.4	The plane is burning.
1:43.0	There's nuclear bombs aboard.
1:45.4	And he is going to land on Greenland, Gordon.
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