The fireball and subsequent shockwave destroyed four nearby unoccupied summer cottages and caused minor damage to a further 130 buildings in the area.
The missile system had undergone maintenance and was in the process of being checked by an expert from the Navy Material Command (abolished in 1985, prior to the Packard Commission[3]), who was later charged and convicted for negligence, though most charges were later dropped following a second investigation.
[4] It was applied a termination clause like the ones which in 1999 became a recommended standard for contracts valued at less than $100K.
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