Nuclear Near Misses
Podcast |
Warfare
Publisher |
History Hit
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Military
Warfare
Categories Via RSS |
History
Publication Date |
Feb 10, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:38:47

What happens when a nuclear bomb is accidentally dropped onto foreign soil? Or when a nuke just goes missing? Rather worryingly, it happens more often that you would think.

There’s a special term for these nuclear near misses - ‘broken arrow incidents’. In this episode, James is joined by Warfare favourite and historian Alex Wellerstein, to explore these many broken arrow incidents spanning from the Cold War to the present day. They'll be finding out how close to disaster we’ve come over the years, and importantly where those missing nukes might be hiding.

Alex Wellerstein’s blog is here.

Senior Producer: Elena Guthrie. Assistant Producer: Annie Coloe. Edited and mixed by Stuart Beckwith.

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