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The incident occurred on September 18–19, 1980, at Missile Complex 374-7 in rural Arkansas when a U.S. Air Force LGM-25C Titan II ICBM loaded with a 9-megaton W-53 nuclear warhead experienced a liquid fuel explosion inside its silo.
If the Titan 2 intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, that exploded inside its silo in Damascus, Arkansas, had detonated its nuclear warhead, both the Clintons and Vice President Walter...
Sep 18, 2020 · On September 18, 1980, a Titan II missile exploded near Damascus, Arkansas. Here’s what the terrifying incident was like, from those who were there.
- Vince Guerrieri
Sep 15, 2016 · The movie, developed by director Robert Kenner from Eric Schlosser's book of the same name, reveals how a warhead atop a Titan II missile risked explosion in 1980 at a Strategic Air Command (SAC)...
Jul 10, 2018 · On the fateful evening of September 19, 1980, a fallen wrench socket would trigger the explosion of an armed nuclear missile inside a missile silo located in Arkansas.
- Maverick Baker
Sep 28, 2017 · On September 19th, 1980, the Titan II Missile exploded in Damascus and blew its nuclear warhead out of the silo. It was a day we nearly lost Arkansas and a day Devlin almost lost his life.
Sep 16, 2016 · The leak caused the rocket to explode, killing a technician sent in to fix the situation, severely wounding 20 others, and sent the warhead a hundred feet into the air, flying off into a nearby...
