Every Official "Broken Arrow" Incident

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
  • A video looking at the US Department of Defense's "Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving US Nuclear Weapons 1950-1980". Yes, there's quite a few, unfortunately.
    "Broken Arrow refers to an accidental event that involves nuclear weapons, warheads or components that does not create a risk of nuclear war. These include:
    Accidental or unexplained nuclear detonation
    Non-nuclear detonation or burning of a nuclear weapon
    Radioactive contamination
    Loss in transit of nuclear asset with or without its carrying vehicle
    Jettisoning of a nuclear weapon or nuclear component
    Public hazard, actual or implied
    Broken Arrow incidents
    Main article: List of military nuclear accidents
    The US Department of Defense has officially recognized at least 32 "Broken Arrow" incidents. Examples of these events include:
    1950 British Columbia B-36 crash
    1956 B-47 disappearance
    1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident
    1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision
    1961 Yuba City B-52 crash
    1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
    1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash
    1964 Bunker Hill AFB runway accident
    1965 Philippine Sea A-4 incident
    1966 Palomares B-52 crash
    1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
    1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion, Arkansas
    Unofficially, the Defense Atomic Support Agency (now known as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)) has detailed hundreds of "Broken Arrow" incidents."
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