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  1. How did the CIA lose a nuclear device? - The New York Times

    2 days ago · What happened to the American nuclear device, which contains Pu-239, an isotope used in the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, and even larger amounts of Pu-238, a highly radioactive fuel?

  2. A Lost CIA Nuclear Device Still Haunts The Himalayas, 60 ...

    4 hours ago · A Lost CIA Nuclear Device Still Haunts The Himalayas, 60 Years After A Cold War Mission A secret Cold War operation to spy on China ended with a plutonium-powered device abandoned on …

  3. When the CIA ‘lost’ a nuclear device in the Himalayas

    20 hours ago · AT THE height of the Cold War, a covert CIA mission in the Indian Himalayas ended with a startling failure: the disappearance of a plutonium-powered nuclear device on one of the world’s …

  4. How the CIA left a nuclear device buried in Himalayas for ...

    1 day ago · How the CIA left a nuclear device buried in Himalayas for decades? A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world's highest mountains in a hush-hush mission the US still …

  5. CIA lost nuclear device in Himalayas 60 years ago

    14 hours ago · CIA's 1965 nuclear generator, packed with Nagasaki-level plutonium, lost forever on India's Nanda Devi peak. Avalanche buried it—Ganges at risk? US silent 60 yrs on.

  6. Nuclear Device Lost: A Cold War secret buried in India’s ...

    1 day ago · Himalaya Nanda Devi Nuclear Device: A secret CIA mission in 1965 to spy on China resulted in a lost nuclear device on Nanda Devi. American and Indian climbers abandoned the …

  7. How the C.I.A. Lost a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas

    The Lost Nuclear Device of Nanda Devi: America’s Secret Himalayan Mission Cold War Espionage Leaves Dangerous Legacy in the World’s Highest Mountains In the shadowy landscape of Cold War …