What happens when the most powerful weapons ever created are involved in clumsy accidents? In this episode of Waywut, we explore the shocking history of "Broken Arrow" incidents—the U.S. military's official code for accidents involving American nuclear weapons. Since 1950, there have been 32 publicly known cases where nuclear weapons have been accidentally dropped, fired, lost, or stolen.

Join us as we uncover the declassified stories of these terrifying mishaps on American soil:

• New Mexico, 1957: A B-47 bomber is on its final approach to Kirtland Air Force Base when a hydrogen bomb breaks loose inside the plane, forcing open the bomb bay doors and plummeting to the ground. While its nuclear capsule wasn't inserted, the conventional explosives detonated, leaving a crater and killing one cow.
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