They dropped an inert Sidewinder on a Toyota ute once. Toyota got great advertising mileage out of the fact that only a missile could stop a Toyota
woomera - here's all the definitions. Technically - the movie 'Broken Arrow' should have been 'Empty Quiver'.
DEFINITIONS
The following terms are taken verbatim from U.S. Defense Department Directive 5230.16, "Nuclear Accident and Incident Public Affairs (PA) Guidance," issued December 20, 1993:
BROKEN ARROW
A Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff term to identify and report an accident involving a nuclear weapon or warhead or nuclear component.
NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT
An unexpected event involving nuclear weapons or nuclear components that results in any of the following:
0. Accidental or unauthorized launching, firing, or use by U.S. forces or U.S supported Allied forces of a nuclear-capable weapons system.
1. An accidental, unauthorized or unexplained nuclear detonation.
2. Non-nuclear detonation or burning of a nuclear weapon or nuclear component.
3. Radioactive contamination.
4. Jettisoning of a nuclear weapon or nuclear component.
5. Public hazard, actual or perceived.
BENT SPEAR
A Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff term used in the Department of Defense to identify and report a nuclear weapon significant incident involving a nuclear weapon or warhead, nuclear components, or vehicle when nuclear loaded.
EMPTY QUIVER
A reporting term to identify and report the seizure, theft, or loss of a U.S. nuclear weapon.
FADED GIANT
A reporting term to identify an event involving a nuclear reactor or radiological accident.