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A Mechanic Dropped an 8-Pound Socket Down a Missile Silo—and Nearly Caused America’s Chernobyl
On the night of September 18, 1980, a Titan II missile carrying a thermonuclear warhead exploded in rural Arkansas. Here’s what the terrifying incident was like, from those who were there.
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The 1980 Titan missile accident that nearly triggered a nuclear disaster
In September 1980, a Titan missile silo in Damascus, Arkansas, filled with toxic fuel after a catastrophic malfunction. Inside the underground complex sat a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic ...
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The 1980 Titan II explosion that nearly detonated a nuclear warhead
In September 1980, a Titan II missile armed with a nuclear warhead exploded inside its silo in Damascus, Arkansas. Toxic fuel vapors filled the underground complex before a massive blast hurled debris ...
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