Command and Control: American Experience

A routine check at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas leads to a chilling nightmare. More

A chilling nightmare plays out at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas in September, 1980. A worker accidentally drops a socket, puncturing the fuel tank of an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead in our arsenal, an incident which ignites a series of feverish efforts to avoid a deadly disaster.

AIR DATE 1/10/17