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Nuclear Near Misses
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Feb 10, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
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.For more Warfare content, subscribe to our Warfare newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Feb 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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