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However, there was no warhead attached, meaning there was never any danger to the community.
Bellevue Police Department spokesman Seth Tyler, told BBC News on Friday that the device was “just basically a gas tank for rocket fuel”.
He called the event “not serious at all”.
“In fact, our bomb squad member asked me why we were releasing a news release on a rusted piece of metal,” he said.Bomb squad member is based.
Well, then it’s not a nuclear missile, is it?
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not nuclear
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not a missile
2 negatives make a positive!
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In a press release, police say the device is “in fact a Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1), an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead”.
I’m sure I’m missing a trick here but what is the purpose of an air-to-air unguided rocket with a nuclear warhead?? Blowing up other planes with 100000% extra risk whether you hit or miss?
There weren‘t any systems to defend large scale fast bombings so they developed this thing which detonated with a time fuze and just took everything out within it‘s blast radius of 300m
Taking out a large swarm of (presumably, nuclear armed) bombers quickly.
Maybe create an EMP blast to destroy communication infrastructure?
Lol why not
There weren‘t any systems to defend large scale fast bombings so they developed this thing which detonated with a time fuze and just took everything out within it‘s blast radius of 300m
Hey, the 2nd Amendment doesn’t say Americans can’t have nuclear missiles in their garages. This guy was just doing his patriotic duty! /s
Surprised it wasn’t a Florida Man…
Ohio is just cold Florida
Actually, the guy with the missile was in Washington. He was planning to donate it to a museum in Ohio.
lol “the missile was found”
reminds me of Europeans finding North America
That’s just a septic tank!
Nice. One lost nuke found. 5 left… That wet know about.
It didn’t have a warhead attached
Sorry, still at 6.
