Are broken arrows a problem?

Josh and Chuck dive deep into the world of broken arrows, those nuclear weapon accidents you've hopefully never heard about until now. They explore what happens when military planes carrying atomic bombs experience catastrophic malfunctions, examining famous incidents like the Tybee Bomb lost off the Georgia coast and the multiple near-disasters during the Cold War's intense Operation Chromedome, where B-52s armed with nuclear weapons flew constantly to maintain nuclear readiness. The episode breaks down how safety systems and sheer luck prevented nuclear explosions on American soil, while revealing some genuinely terrifying close calls that could have changed history.