Didn’t something similar happen to a missile silo near Damascus, Arkansas in the 1970s, and I remember an explosion at a New Mexico missile silo near Roswell back in the 1960s.
Then there were the B-52 collisions over Greenland and Spain in the 1960s.
a missile exploded inside the hole and shot the warhead container out the hole several hundred yards. I saw the warhead a few day later in the facility where i worked.
a missile exploded inside the hole and shot the warhead container out the hole several hundred yards. I saw the warhead a few day later in the facility where i worked.
Then there were the B-52 collisions over Greenland and Spain in the 1960s.
All of which go to show that the safeties in place work.
I remember that! The missile it's self blew up blowing the warhead Through the concrete cover and throwing it I don't know how far away from the silo!
The accident in Arkansas was at a Titan II ICBM complex and was caused when a maintenance Airman dropped a huge socket down the side of the missile where it punched a hole in the Stage 1 fuel tank. When the concentration of fuel in the atmosphere hit the explosive level it ignited and the entire missile exploded, blowing the 760 ton Silo Closure Door off the silo and flinging the warhead several hundred yards into a ditch.