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Broken Arrow: a first-person account of the 1964 Minuteman missile disaster | Dakota Life

On December 5, 1964, a retrorocket fired on a Minuteman missile at Site Lima-02, three miles southeast of Vale, South Dakota. The nuclear warhead was dislodged and fell approximately 75 feet to the floor of the silo. This unique story tells a first-person account of the disaster and recovery of the warhead.