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1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion
The Damascus Titan missile explosion refers to an incident where the fuel in a nuclear armed missile exploded at a missile launch facility in Damascus, Arkansas, on September 18–19, 1980. The facility was part of the 374th Strategic Missile Squadron at the time of the explosion.
==Incident==
On the evening of the 18th, at about 6:30 p.m., an airman conducting maintenance on a USAF Titan-II missile at Little Rock Air Force Base's Launch Complex 374-7 in Southside (Van Buren County) just north of town, dropped a socket from a socket wrench, which fell about before hitting and piercing the skin on the rocket's first-stage fuel tank, causing it to leak. The area was evacuated. This socket wrench was approximately 3 feet long and around 25 lbs. The socket was about 6 pounds.
At about 3:00 a.m. on September 19, 1980, the hypergolic fuel exploded. The W53 warhead landed about from the launch complex's entry gate; its safety features operated correctly and prevented any loss of radioactive material. One Air Force airman, SrA David Livingston was killed, others seriously injured and the launch complex was destroyed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2543 )〕 The former launch complex was decommissioned, disassembled, and now stands on private land.
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