1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion

The Damascus Titan missile explosion (also called the Damascus accident) was a 1980 U.S.nuclear weapons incident involving a U.S. Air ForceLGM-25C Titan IIintercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Missile Complex 374-7 in rural Arkansas. The incident began with a fuel leak at 6:30 p.m.CDT on September 18, and culminated with an explosion inside the missile silo at around 3:00 a.m. on September 19. The 9-megaton-of-TNT (38 PJ) W-53 nuclear warhead was ejected and landed a short distance away and no radioactive material was lost.