A Mechanic Dropped an 8-Pound Socket Down a Missile Silo—and Nearly Caused America’s Chernobyl

On September 18, 1980, a Titan II missile exploded near Damascus, Arkansas. Here’s what the terrifying incident was like, ...
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The Damascus missile explosion – America’s 9-megaton near disaster

In 1980, a dropped socket wrench triggered a chain reaction inside a Titan II missile silo—putting a 9-megaton warhead at the ...
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A nuclear warhead sat in the silo - then the rocket exploded beneath it

In September 1980, a routine maintenance operation at a Titan II missile silo in Damascus, Arkansas, went catastrophically ...
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Arkansas' Abandoned Nuclear Missile Silo Has Transformed Into A Nostalgic Rental

Picture this: The world is ending, but you're 50 feet underground, nestled behind two 6,000-pound blast doors, watching every season of "Friends" on a 144-inch projection TV. Well, the end of the ...