Today in History - October 6

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Saturday, Oct 6 2012 by

2005 – A forklift towing a trailer collided with a line containing highly flammable liquid propylene, causing a release and a vapor cloud explosion in the Olefins II unit at the Formosa Plastics Corporation.

2005-10-06 - Formosa Plastics Propylene Explosion (Google Maps)
2005-10-06 - Formosa Plastics Propylene Explosion

2008 – It was announced that the ballistic missile mission will be transferred to the new [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command]Air Force Global Strike Command/url]. At the same time, it was also announced that AFSPC will gain the cyber warfare mission.

Air Force Space Command (StreetView)
Air Force Space Command

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