To quote the movie of the same name: „I don't know what's scarier, losing nuclear weapons, or that it happens so often there's actually a term for it.”
One of the most surprising things of the 20th century is that we (apparently) somehow survived the collapse of a nuclear superpower (USSR) with nuclear weapons not only not being used, but apparently not even lost.
Is there any confirmation on the former USSR not losing any at all? I'd assume there's at least a couple, and a few more from years prior that didn't get reported.
I know there were hundreds of nuclear batteries abandoned which became orphan sources.
> A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft, or loss of the weapon.
and then
> The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) "Oscar II" class submarine, Kursk, sinks after a massive onboard explosion. Attempts to rescue the 118 men fail. It is thought that a torpedo failure caused the accident. Radiation levels are normal and the submarine had no nuclear weapons on board.
I don't understand how this is on the list, if it had no nuclear weapons on board.
The documentary “Command and Control” [1] about the 1980 Damascus, AR, incident is more terrifying than any horror movie you will ever see.
[1] https://youtu.be/ZCPlm-mQ9Kk
The wikipedia page on military nuclear accidents has a good few more entries than this list, including what I assume is the classified "Spring 1968, Atlantic" entry, which wikipedia says was the loss of the USS Scorpion in May '68 off the Azores, with two nuclear torpedos aboard that were never recovered.
