The Bad News About Broken Arrows
By Carl Austin Image courtesy flickr As you know, I'm not afraid to delve into hot button topics. And what could be hotter than the threat of nuclear annihilation? Today, I’m going to show you something that many Americans don’t even realize exists. That’s because the federal government moves heaven and earth to hide the fact that its nuclear weapon stockpile is anything but 100% safe. I’m not talking about terrorists stealing an atomic bomb. Nor am I rattling my saber about the untold amounts of nuclear waste that is stored haphazardly all over this great nation of ours. What I’m here to point out is that since the 1950’s, there have been hundreds of incidents where our nuclear weapons have been dropped, blown up and even lost by the US military. The problem is so common that the government has even coined a term for this kind of incident. It’s called a broken arrow.