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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRecommended watching: PBS: American Experience, Command and Control
Last edited Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:33 PM - Edit history (1)
I watched this documentary on PBS last night. It is both very informative and terrifying. We have come close to nuclear disaster many times over. This event was in Arkansas, not far from my current home. I grew up in Kansas and remember some slight mention of a similar incident there back in the 70's. Very scary, especially now that the orange balloon is in charge...
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Recommended watching: PBS: American Experience, Command and Control (Original Post)
wcmagumba
Jan 2017
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)1. Thanks for this...
The history of the old missile silos and just how many times some accident or fire almost wiped out an entire state is a hobby of mine...
Stallion
(6,476 posts)2. Not to Mention the Hydrogen Bomb Dropped Somewhere Over North Carolina
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lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)3. One switch kept it from being a disaster.
OMFG
mahina
(17,693 posts)4. I saw it too and was stunned.