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9. ICBM Little Rock 308 / 374 field
Last modified: 16 Jun 2022, submitted by: Joker
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Country: United States Region: Arkansas Latitude: 35° 18' 55" N Longitude: -93° 58' 51" E Area use / Military Branches: Closed |
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In 1980 at Titan II Launch Complex 374-7, an airman was adding pressure to the second stage oxidizer tank. He dropped the socket, which fell down the silo and punctured the pressurized first stage fuel tank containing aerozine 50. A couple of hours later the missile blew up inside its silo.
The blast catapulted the 740-ton silo door away from the silo and ejected the second stage and the warhead!
Once clear of the silo, the second stage exploded; the 2 megaton warhead however did not...
21 military in the immediate vicinity of the blast were injured and 1 died later from sustained fatal injuries.
USAF retrieved the warhead and took it back to Little Rock AFB.
Former 308 Strategic Msl Wing; 373 Strategic Msl Sqn Titan II ICBM missile field 1962-1987
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/374th_Strategic_Missile_Squadron_-_SAC_-_Emblem.png
This was silo 374-1, 1.1 mi ENE of Blackwell, Arkansas, 35°13′36″N 092°49′18″W
- 2 , 2.0 mi NNE of Plummerville, AR, 35°11′19″N 092°37′50″W
- 3 , 3.9 mi ENE of Hattieville, AR, 35°18′41″N 092°43′25″W
- 4 , 1.4 mi NNE of Springfield, AR, 35°17′15″N 092°32′50″W
- 5 , 3.3 mi ESE of Wooster, AR, 35°10′04″N 092°23′33″W
- 6 , 3.8 mi SW of Guy, AR, 35°17′30″N 092°23′12″W
- 7 , 3.3 mi NNE of Damascus, AR, 35°24′50″N 092°23′50″W
- 8 , 4.3 mi SSW of Quitman, AR, 35°19′45″N 092°14′59″W
- 9 , 2.5 mi SSW of Pearson, AR, 35°24′34″N 092°08′58″W
In 1980 at Titan II Launch Complex 374-7, an airman was adding pressure to the second stage oxidizer tank. He dropped the socket, which fell down the silo and punctured the pressurized first stage fuel tank containing aerozine 50. A couple of hours later the missile blew up inside its silo.
The blast catapulted the 740-ton silo door away from the silo and ejected the second stage and the warhead!
Once clear of the silo, the second stage exploded; the 2 megaton warhead however did not...
21 military in the immediate vicinity of the blast were injured and 1 died later from sustained fatal injuries.
USAF retrieved the warhead and took it back to Little Rock AFB.
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