Broken Arrow - Response To A Nuclear Weapons Accident (1980)

Published on 2022-04-12 | Archived on 2023-11-24

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Broken arrow - response to a nuclear weapons accident

Relates the story of a nuclear weapons accident exercise in the Nevada Desert by the defense nuclear agency and involving all four armed services and the department of energy laboratories. Shows how the DOD/DOE forces responded to a realistically simulated crash of a mac aircraft carrying nuclear weapons -- "D" day through the final recovery phase of the 7th day.

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