“Broken Arrow”: 6 Alarming Nuclear US Military B-52 Crashes Of The Cold War

While no nuclear weapons have been used in anger since World War Two, at least six nuclear weapons known about have been lost by the United States and never recovered (a number likely much higher, given the lack of Soviet/Russian transparency). Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon incidents known as “Broken Arrows” (many with nuclear-carrying B-52s). According to atomicarchive.com, “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.”