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bob10
27th June 2018, 07:35 PM
This incident is covered in a book," Command and Control, nuclear weapons , The Damascus incident, and the illusion of safety." Eric Schlosser, Pulitzer prize finalist. A fascinating and terrifying book, at the same time, it documents the rise of the US nuclear arsenal, and the accidents that could have wiped out a large part of the American population.

YouTube (https://youtu.be/WAUg2D1xYBk)

bob10
28th June 2018, 06:42 PM
This gives a better picture of the incident.

The night we almost lost Arkansas — a 1980 nuclear Armageddon that almost was | Salon.com (https://www.salon.com/2016/09/14/the-night-we-almost-lost-arkansas-a-1980-nuclear-armageddon-that-almost-was/)

bob10
28th June 2018, 07:03 PM
A report on accidents and incidents with nuclear weapons, USA.

https://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/filer_public/24/db/24dbd8c1-c74a-4841-ab63-c3258a14ceb4/_cc_afswp_technical_incidents_reduced1.pdf

bob10
4th July 2018, 06:10 PM
B52 fire , North Dakota.

YouTube (https://youtu.be/QlI-5Nzsa-Q)