What happens when you lose a nuke?

It's a scenario straight out of a thriller: a superpower loses a hydrogen bomb. But in 1966, this nightmare became a reality for the United States. This video recounts the dramatic story of the Palomares incident. At the height of the Cold War, a B-52 bomber crashed over a small village in Spain, dropping its payload of four hydrogen bombs. Two of the weapons ruptured on impact, contaminating the landscape with plutonium. We explore the chaos that followed: the secret nuclear cleanup operation and the desperate, 80-day deep-sea search for the fourth missing bomb. This was a 'Broken Arrow'—the military code for an accident involving a nuclear weapon—and it brought the Cold War to the doorstep of a tiny fishing community. It's a chilling, true story of a disaster that was almost infinitely worse. If you're intrigued by the tense and often hidden history of the Cold War, this is a must-watch.

Видео What happens when you lose a nuke? канала Time Explored