United States military nuclear incident terminology (en.wikipedia.org)

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The United States Department of Defense uses a number of terms to define the magnitude and extent of nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents in order to reduce the time taken to report the type of incident, thus streamlining the radio communications in the wake of the event.

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[-] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There was that time in 1950 when the USAF accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, and it blew up.

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