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Since the creation of nuclear weapons in 1945, there have been numerous nuclear weapons accidents by the United States and Soviet Union. The United States categorizes such accidents using the military code word "Broken Arrow".  

Since the creation of nuclear weapons in 1945, there have been numerous nuclear weapons accidents by the United States and Soviet Union. The United States categorizes such accidents using the military code word "Broken Arrow".  

The U.S. Department of Defense categorizes a "Broken Arrow"<ref>http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/reading_room/635.pdf</ref> as

The U.S. Department of Defense categorizes a "Broken Arrow"<ref>http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/reading_room/635.pdf</ref> as

An unexpected event involving nuclear weapons or nuclear weapons components that results in any of the following-

*An unexpected event involving nuclear weapons or nuclear weapons components that results in any of the following-

 

*Accidental or unauthorized launching, firing, or use, by U.S. forces or supported allied forces, of a nuclear capable weapon system which could create the risk of an outbreak of war.  

Accidental or unauthorized launching, firing, or use, by U.S. forces or supported allied forces, of a nuclear capable weapon system which could create the risk of an outbreak of war.  

*Nuclear detonation.  

 

*Non-nuclear detonation or burning of a nuclear weapon or radioactive weapon component, including a fully assembled nuclear weapon, and unassembled nuclear weapon, or a radioactive weapon component.

Nuclear detonation.  

*Radioactive contamination.  

 

*Seizure, theft, or loss of a nuclear weapon or radioactive nuclear weapon component, including jettisoning.  

Non-nuclear detonation or burning of a nuclear weapon or radioactive weapon component, including a fully assembled nuclear weapon, and unassembled nuclear weapon, or a radioactive weapon component.

*Public hazard, actual or implied.

Radioactive contamination.  

 

Seizure, theft, or loss of a nuclear weapon or radioactive nuclear weapon component, including jettisoning.  

 

Public hazard, actual or implied.

==Thirty-six U.S. Accidents Declassified==

==Thirty-six U.S. Accidents Declassified==

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3. Authors unknown, "Department of Defense Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving U.S. Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1980".  

*Authors unknown, "Department of Defense Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving U.S. Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1980".  

 

*Authors unknown, "Operation Dominic I, 1962", Field Command Defense Nuclear Agency, Nuclear Test Personnel Review, 1 February 1983.

4. Authors unknown, "Operation Dominic I, 1962", Field Command Defense Nuclear Agency, Nuclear Test Personnel Review, 1 February 1983.

*Oskins, James C., and Maggelet, Michael H. "Broken Arrow, The Declassified History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accidents". ISBN 1435703618, or ISBN 978-1435703612.  

 

5. Oskins, James C., and Maggelet, Michael H. "Broken Arrow, The Declassified History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accidents". ISBN 1435703618, or ISBN 978-1435703612.  

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