The forgotten moment a nuclear warhead fell from a Minuteman missile
In short: In 1964, a nuclear accident occurred near the small town of Vale, South Dakota. This video examines the incident, which remained unacknowledged until a Department of Defense report surfaced seventeen years later.
The event involved a Minuteman nuclear missile losing its warhead near Vale, South Dakota. The details of this accident were not publicly recognized until a 1981 Department of Defense report included a brief, seven-sentence paragraph describing the occurrence.
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