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In the tense years following World War II, the dawn of the atomic age reshaped the world forever. As nuclear weapons became the centerpiece of global power, the risks of handling them grew just as great.

This episode kicks off our new series on Broken Arrow incidents — real-life accidents involving nuclear weapons acknowledged by the U.S. government.

We’ll take you back to February 1950, when a U.S. Air Force B-36 bomber, carrying a Mark IV atomic bomb, faced disaster over the icy Pacific. With multiple engines on fire and no hope of saving the aircraft, the crew made the harrowing decision to jettison the bomb. What followed was a moment that could have changed history — but instead became one of the most sobering lessons of the Cold War.

Join us as we explore the events that led to America’s first lost nuclear weapon, the crash on Mount Colgate, and how the lessons learned shaped decades of nuclear safety protocols.

From the Manhattan Project to Operation Downfall and the beginning of the nuclear arms race — this is the untold story of courage, tragedy, and the razor-thin line between security and catastrophe.

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Thank you for watching — and stay tuned for the next episode in the Broken Arrow series.

Music
Juggernaut
Scott Buckley
https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/
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00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Operation Downfall & The Atomic Bomb
03:33 - Birth of the Nuclear Age
08:00 - The B-36 Peacemaker Mission
09:48 - Disaster in the Sky
10:47 - The Bomb Drop
13:20 - Rescue and Discovery
15:13 - Lessons from the First Broken Arrow