Since the year 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 have accidentally launched, fired, detonated, been lost or stolen. Audra Chase will be covering 3 of the 32 nuclear weapon accidents during this week’s podcast. 

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