During the Cold War, the United States built and deployed thousands of nuclear weapons at unprecedented speed. What few people realize is that not all of them were recovered. In fact, the U.S. government has officially acknowledged multiple incidents in which nuclear weapons or critical components were lost, abandoned, or declared irretrievable.In this episode of Cold Logic Podcast Season 2, we examine the documented history behind America’s six missing nuclear warheads. Using declassified Department of Defense reports, congressional investigations, and historical accident records, this episode breaks down how nuclear weapons were lost during training missions, mid-air collisions, mechanical failures, and emergency jettison events — and why some were never recovered.From a hydrogen bomb buried beneath farmland in North Carolina, to nuclear weapons r ...