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Indeed, if memory serves, the incident I mentioned above was somewhat attributed to an old rubber buffer that was supposed to be pressed against the ICBM - by r
by hotpotamus 4y ago
Indeed, if memory serves, the incident I mentioned above was somewhat attributed to an old rubber buffer that was supposed to be pressed against the ICBM - by regulation, it should have been replaced due to age but wasn't, and it was dry and cracked so it did not form a good seal which allowed the socket to fall through. That failure to follow regulation caused the (non-nuclear) explosion of an ICBM, killed a person and injured others, and nearly caused a nuclear explosion on US soil. I suppose it should be expensive.
- gregsadetsky 4y agoThis seems to be the incident, right? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Damascus_Titan_missile_explosion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Damascus_Titan_missile_...
- hotpotamus 4y agoYes. This American Life did a story about it. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/634/human-error-in-volatile-situations https://www.thisamericanlife.org/634/human-error-in-volatile...