A Mechanic Dropped an 8-Pound Socket Down a Missile Silo—and Nearly Caused America’s Chernobyl

On the night of September 18, 1980, a Titan II missile carrying a thermonuclear warhead exploded in rural Arkansas. Here’s ...
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Explosion heard in vicinity of the Mazzeh area of Damascus in Syria, state news agency says

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stash of burnt pills is scattered on the grounds of the Mazzeh military air base on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus ...
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The Damascus missile explosion – America’s 9-megaton near disaster

In 1980, a dropped socket wrench triggered a chain reaction inside a Titan II missile silo—putting a 9-megaton warhead at the ...
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Explosion Hits Near U.N. Hotel in Damascus

At least three people were wounded Wednesday when a bomb exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers were staying, Syria's state TV reported. None of the U.N. staff were hurt in the blast. ...
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Syria confirms Israeli attack near Damascus int'l airport

A photo taken from the rebel-held town of Douma shows flames rising in the distance which are believed to be coming from Damascus International Airport following an explosion early in the morning of ...
Al-Monitor

Explosion at Alawite mosque in Syria's Homs kills eight

DAMASCUS, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Eight people were killed in an explosion at a mosque of the Alawite minority sect in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday, Syrian state news agency SANA said. An ...

Explosion heard in Homs caused by old missile, state media and sources say

DAMASCUS, March 13 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard and plumes of smoke were seen rising on Friday from eastern neighborhoods of Syria's central province of Homs, state media reported. The explosion ...