[Fungi]

Gee, we would not have had the Clintons if it did.

[Pelham]

this “History Guy” is a buffoon. Nuclear warheads have a complex fuze with a firing mechanism that must be precisely timed, they don’t explode from an external shock as if they were nitroglycerin. Arkansas was at greater risk from Bill Clinton than it was from the missile warhead.

[Sawdring]

Read Command and Control by Eric Schlosser.

[faithhopecharity]

anything that may have removed the Clintoon menace would have definitely been worth considering...?

[fso301]

Misread title and clicked link thinking it was about a dropped wench.

[fella]

I read a very good book about this incident. Those Titan IIs were a might tetchy.

[DannyTN]

Jennifer Flowers?

Wait no, that’s dropped wench.

[elbook]

there was a mainstream tv documentary about this (seen on PBS)

[norwaypinesavage]

There is a Titan silo near Tucson AZ that has been turned into a museum. Visitors can tour the entire site, and actually go part way down into the silo to a missile viewing area. There is considerable time spent discussing the dropped socket incident, and its aftermath. The socket pierced a fuel tank, spilling liquid fuel. It later ignited explosively, blowing the warhead from the silo. It landed nearby, with no leaking of nuclear material.

There is no way the incident would have caused a nuclear explosion. (And even if it had caused one, there is no way it would have "blown up Arkansas.") That said, the incident was serious, killing one, and injuring many others.