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EPISODE · Jul 11, 2025 · 18 MIN

Broken Arrow: Americas Missing Nukes

from History Dispatches · host Matt and McKinley Breen

Over the past 80 years the United States has built tens of thousands of nuclear bombs. The problem is that several of them have simply gone missing, without a trace. These six weapons are the United States' broken arrows. Sources https://www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/broken-arrows/index.html; https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/command-and-control-broken-arrows-how-many-nuclear-accidents-have-we-had/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220804-the-lost-nuclear-bombs-that-no-one-can-find Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon#/media/File:Little_Boy_bomb.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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