Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) The Damascus Titan missile explosion (also called the Damascus accident [1] ) was a 1980 U.S. nuclear weapons incident involving a Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The incident occurred on September 18–19, 1980, at Missile Complex 374-7 in rural Arkansas when a U.S. Air Force LGM-25C Titan II ICBM loaded with a 9-megaton W-53 nuclear warhead experienced a liquid fuel explosion inside its silo . [2] 374-7 class=notpageimage| Location in the United States 374-7 class=notpageimage| Location in Arkansas The incident began with a fuel leak at 6:30 p.m. on Sep...