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Pyongyang Fires Suspected Ballistic Missile

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North Korea fired an unidentified projectile from its east coast into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, calling it a suspected short-range ballistic missile.

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Today in 1980 at about 3:00 AM, the highly-volatile liquid fuel of a nuclear-armed Titan II ICBM exploded inside underground launch complex 374-7, 3.3 miles north-northeast of Damascus, Arkansas, and approximately 50 miles north of the capital of Little Rock, destroying the missile and silo.
A dramatic black and white photograph looking up from the bottom of a Titan II silo at the missile. Two airman in white coveralls and hard hats are standing at the base of the missile and talking, one of them touching the missile with his right hand. The front page of the September 20, 1980, edition of the Arkansas Gazette featuring the banner two-deck headline, "Titan Nuclear Missile Silo Explodes Near Damascus; 1 Dies, 21 Injured," followed by the sub-headline, "Fireball Lights Up Night Sky; 1,400 in Area Removed." Beneath the headline is a large black and white photograph of the smoldering remains of the silo. An undated article in an unidentified newspaper topped by a large headline: "BLAST RIPS MISSILE SILO; 22 injured, but H-warhead at Ark. site remains intact." A black and white photograph shows an injured Air Force man being taken into the emergency room at a hospital in Conway, Arkansas. A small map shows the location of the Titan II silo relative to Damascus and Little Rock. A low-level aerial color photograph of the remains of launch complex 374-7 in the aftermath of the huge explosion. The massive reinforced silo door is gone and debris is strewn around the area.
September 19, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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