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 ...
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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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Syria confirms Israeli attack near Damascus int'l airport

A photo taken from the rebel-held town of Douma shows flames rising in the distance which are believed to be coming from Damascus International Airport following an explosion early in the morning of ...
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A Mechanic Dropped an 8-Pound Socket Down a Missile Silo—and Nearly Caused America’s Chernobyl

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