Nuclear Weapon(S) Accident
Nuclear Weapon(S) Accident : An unexpected incident involving nuclear weapons or radiological nuclear weapon components that results in any of the following; (a) accidental or unauthorized launching, firing, or use by United States forces or United States supported allied forces of a nuclear-capable weapon system that could create the risk of an outbreak of war; (b) nuclear detonation; (c) nonnuclear detonation or burning of a nuclear weapon or radiological nuclear weapon component; (d) radioactive contamination; (e) seizure, theft, loss, or destruction of a nuclear weapon or radiological nuclear weapon component, including jettisoning; and (f) public hazard, actual or implied. (Approved for incorporation into JP 1-02.)
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