Nel corso del terzo secolo d.C., la terra di Wu è invasa dal generale Cao Cao e dal suo esercito formato da un milione di soldati. Per salvare il proprio territorio, il sovrano Sun Quan chiede aiuto al rivale Liu Bei, ma le loro milizie restano insufficienti per fronteggiare l'attacco. Lo stratega di Wu, Zhou Yu, capisce che l'unico modo possibile per vincere la guerra è puntare sulle flotte navali, che sembrano essere l'unico punto debole dei nemici.

Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.Now, recently declassified documents reveal the history and secrecy surrounding the events known as "Broken Arrows". There have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents since 1950. Six of these nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered. What does this say about our defense system? What does this mean to our threatened environment? What do we do to rectify these monumental "mistakes"? Using spectacular special effects, newly uncovered and recently declassified footage, filmmaker Peter Kuran explores the accidents, incidents and exercises in the secret world of nuclear weapons.