![]() ![]() Emergency Evacuation Įmergency Evacuation refers to operations involving the emergency evacuation of nuclear weapons. Emergency Disablement Įmergency Disablement refers to operations involving the emergency destruction of nuclear weapons. All other reporting terms such as Broken Arrow, Empty Quiver, etc., while very important, are secondary to this report. This term is a report that has the highest precedence in the OPREP-3 reporting structure. Detection of unidentified objects by a missile warning system or interference (experienced by such a system or related communications) that appears threatening and could create a risk of nuclear war.Unauthorized flight of, or deviation from an approved flight plan by, a nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable aircraft with the capability to penetrate the airspace of another nuclear-capable country.Accidental or unauthorized launch of a nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable missile in the direction of, or having the capability to reach, another nuclear-capable country.Accidental, unauthorized, or unexplained nuclear detonation or possible detonation.Events which may be classified Nucflash include: Nucflash refers to detonation or possible detonation of a nuclear weapon which creates a risk of an outbreak of nuclear war. Unofficially, the Defense Atomic Support Agency (now known as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)) has detailed hundreds of "Broken Arrow" incidents. ![]() 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion, Arkansas.1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident.The US Department of Defense has officially recognized at least 32 "Broken Arrow" incidents from 1950 to 1980. Main article: List of military nuclear accidents Jettisoning of a nuclear weapon or nuclear component.Loss in transit of nuclear asset with or without its carrying vehicle.Non-nuclear detonation or burning of a nuclear weapon.Accidental or unexplained nuclear explosion.Broken Arrow īroken Arrow refers to an accidental event that involves nuclear weapons, warheads or components that does not create a risk of nuclear war. Bent Spear incidents include violations or breaches of handling and security regulations.Īn example of a Bent Spear incident occurred on the August 2007 flight of a B-52 bomber from Minot AFB to Barksdale AFB which mistakenly carried six cruise missiles with live nuclear warheads. Bent Spear īent Spear refers to incidents involving nuclear weapons, warheads, components or vehicles transporting nuclear material that are of significant interest but are not categorized as Pinnacle – Nucflash or Pinnacle – Broken Arrow. AFI 10-206 notes that the flagword Pinnacle may be added to Bent Spear or Faded Giant to expedite reporting to the National Military Command Center (NMCC). Is clearly against the national interestĪll of the following reporting terms are classified Pinnacle, with the exception of Bent Spear, Faded Giant and Dull Sword.Causes immediate widespread coverage in news media.Generates a higher level of military action.The term "Pinnacle" denotes an incident of interest to the Major Commands, Department of Defense and National Command Authority, in that it: Pinnacle is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff OPREP-3 (Operational Event/Incident Report) reporting flagword used in the United States National Command Authority structure. They are used by the United States of America, and are neither NATO nor global standards. United States Department of Defense directive 5230.16, Nuclear Accident and Incident Public Affairs (PA) Guidance, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual 3150.03B Joint Reporting Structure Event and Incident Reporting, and the United States Air Force Operation Reporting System, as set out in Air Force Instruction 10-206 detail a number of terms for reporting nuclear incidents internally and externally (including in press releases). The United States Armed Forces 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. This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. ![]()
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