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Oh, please. > Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuc
by unmole 5y ago
Oh, please.
> Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.
https://www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/broken-arrows/index.html https://www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/broken-arrows/index.ht...
- cyberge99 5y agoThat doesn’t have the Barksdale AFB “missing nuke” listed. As a result, I wonder if that’s just a conspiracy theory.
- waffleiron 5y agoThe Barksdale incident isn't listed as broken arrow because it falls into another category. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_nuclear_incident_terminology#Bent_Spear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_nuclear...