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1968 Thule Air Base B-52 Crash with 4 Hydrogen Bombs On Board

Background On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule…

March 31, 2021

Summaries of Nuclear Weapon and Material Accidents – Department of Energy – National Nuclear Security Administration

Background While sifting through thousands of different pages of documents, I found references to some previously, never-before-released (that I saw)…

December 1, 2016

Broken Arrow Incidents

Background A "broken arrow" is an accidental event that involves nuclear weapons or nuclear components but which does not create…

May 5, 2015