Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Between 1950 and 1968, the US military lost dozens of nuclear bombs in accidents known as 'Broken Arrows,' pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war. This documentary uses declassified archives to uncover the true, terrifying stories behind these top-secret crashes, from the 1950 B-36 loss over Canada to the Goldsboro, North Carolina, incident where a fully armed hydrogen bomb was nearly detonated. Discover the cover-ups, the near-catastrophic power of these weapons, and the secret military missions to destroy all evidence.

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