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September 19, 1980 - Titan II ICBM complex 374-7 blows up

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September 18, 2021, 10:42 AM
Jupiter
September 19, 1980 - Titan II ICBM complex 374-7 blows up
quote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Thanks. I've been in Arkansas for 20 years, and never knew about this, or the earlier even more catastrophic silo fire.



Hell...that's nothing
I've lived in Mississippi for most of my life and didn't know until recently that the U.S. Government exploded 2 nuclear bombs in the state.

At 10 a.m. on Oct. 22, 1964, a five-kiloton nuclear device was detonated in Lamar County, Mississippi.

Nuclear testing in Mississippi
https://mashable.com/feature/mississippi-nuclear-test

This goes a long way in explaining some of the mutants in our area. Big Grin


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September 18, 2021, 03:43 PM
signewt
quote:
Originally posted by 41:
I use to work on Polo Hat Exercises and went in a Titan site at Davis Monthan AFB in 1981 before they were decommissioned. They were a real liability.


gotta wonder just how much better more recent in-site systems are designed


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