"COMMAND AND CONTROL"
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We talk to a man who survived one of the worst nuclear accidents.
Imagine a nuclear bomb more powerful than Hiroshima hitting Arkansas and wiping ten million people off the face of the Earth. It almost happened! One of the most frightening stories you've likely never heard from a man who lived to tell it.
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"COMMAND AND CONTROL"
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Imagine a nuclear bomb more powerful than Hiroshima hitting Arkansas and wiping ten million people off the face of the Earth. It almost happened! One of the most frightening stories you've likely never heard from a man who lived to tell it.
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