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|caption=An LGM-25C Titan [[intercontinental ballistic missile]] in [[Missile launch facility|silo]], ready to launch
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On 20 June 1974, one of two engines failed to ignite on a Titan II launch from Silo 395C at Vandenberg AFB in California. The launch was part of the [[Anti-ballistic missile|Anti Ballistic Missile]] program and was witnessed by an entourage of general officers and congressmen. The Titan suffered severe structural failure with both the hypergolic fuel tank and the oxidizer tank leaking and accumulating in the bottom of the silo. A large number of civilian contractors were evacuated from the Command and Control Bunker.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}
 
On 24 August 1978, SSgt Robert Thomas was killed at a site outside [[Rock, Kansas]] when a missile in its silo leaked propellant. Another airman, A1C Erby Hepstall, later died from lung injuries sustained in {{nowrap|the spill.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newswww-newspapers-com.googlewikipedialibrary.comidm.oclc.org/image/319020201/newspapers?id=r-kLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5707%2C1305223|agency=UPI|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|location=(Florida)|title=1 killed, 6 injured when fuel line breaks at Kansas Titan missile site|date=25 August 1978|page=4|access-date=1810 October 2009}}{{Dead link|date=FebruaryApril 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://newswww-newspapers-com.googlewikipedialibrary.comidm.oclc.org/image/568778767/newspapers?id=lsUSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5959%2C7675769|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The LedgerTimes Advocate|location=(LakelandEscondido, Florida)California|title=ThunderheadValve offailure causes leak, lethal vapor kills airman at missile silo|date=25 August 1978|page=7AA6|access-date=1810 October 2009}}{{Dead link|date=FebruaryApril 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=mstfume>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1zxOAAAAIBAJ&pg=5807%2C4110899 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Missile spews toxic fumes |date=April 25, 1978 |page=1|via=Google News}}</ref><ref name=tmstmc>{{cite web|url=http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/titan2/accident_533-7_1978.php |publisher=The Military Standard |title=Titan II Accident McConnell AFB, Kansas 1978 |access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref>}}
 
{{main|1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion}}
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