[Alter Kaker]

NBD, I probably have a couple myself, have to check.

[NWFree]

It was actually just a piece of rusted fuselage but that doesn’t sound as dramatic

[Tell It Right]

Brandon says Americans need them to protect us from his military.

[Openurmind]

“Fortunately, the lack of warhead and rocket fuel rendered the missile harmless, with no explosive hazard. “

Huge weapon of mass destruction deal made over a big paper weight.

This how they brainwash people into bias against arms.

[verum ago]

No fuel or warhead? That’s really gonna hurt the resale value.

[caddie]

Davy, Davy Crockett. King of the M-29.

[Buttons12]

Behind a Corvette, perchance?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Probably a prop used in the Dr. Strangelove movie.

[Steely Tom]

When they were demolishing the old Kodak campus in Rochester, they found a coin-sized piece of Uranium 235 in a file cabinet.

Kodak ran one of the U-235 separation facilities during WWII.

The chunk - very far from a critical mass - was probably tested in a Kodak lab, and passed around at a meeting or two.

[Fresh Wind]

Ah ha! So that’s where I left it!

[PeterPrinciple]

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197594/mcdonnell-douglas-air-2a-genie-rocket/

The AIR-2A Genie is an air-to-air rocket with a nuclear warhead designed for use against formations of enemy bombers. It has no guidance system and is powered by a solid-propellant rocket motor. The AIR-2 (formerly known as the MB-1) was first test-launched in 1956 and became operational in January 1957. On July 19, 1957, a Genie was launched at 18,000 feet from an F-89J interceptor and detonated over Yucca Flats, Nev. It was the first and only test detonation of a U.S. nuclear-tipped air-to-air rocket.

The AIR-2A was carried primarily by F-89J, F-101B and F-106A interceptor aircraft. Thousands were built for the USAF before production ended in 1962; they remained in service until the mid-1980s. A training version of the Genie with an inert rocket motor and no nuclear warhead, known as the ATR-2, was also in service.

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air to air nuclear rocket. think about that.

[FLT-bird]

I want one!

[bigbob]

I wanna see what else is in that garage!

[fireman15]

My wife is a military historian, speaker, and presenter. She volunteers regularly at local museums especially. She is in constant demand by various organizations. Today we are getting ready to travel to a different state for a presentation she will be doing tomorrow for a military historical society.

I mention this because we come into contact with people who collect all types of military vehicles and ordinance. We have helped many get in contact people who have these types of items. This reminds me of our friend “Larry the Bomb Guy”. He spent his career in the military working with bombs that were dropped from aircraft and sets up displays for various events. He does an amazing job restoring this type of artifact.

[bgill]

Much ado about nothing.

The museum will put it on display for a few months and then it’ll be forgotten somewhere in storage.

[BitWielder1]

I'm glad the guy wasn't charged with attempted mass murder for owning a device that could have carried a nuclear bomb.

Because then anyone with a truck could also be charged.

[skr]

It reminds me of the guy currently in the Oval Office, corroded and capable of a lot of damage.

[House Atreides]

“… The unguided air-to-air rocket was designed to carry a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead.…”
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I think all rockets designed to carry tactical nuclear weapons should be UNguided. What could possibly go wrong? /sarc

[funwithfood]

You never know what one could pickup on facebook marketplace!

[NurdlyPeon]

Probably by someone who worked at McChord AFB in Tacoma, WA.
The 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron used this weapon on the F106. The 106 also carried 4 AIM9 guided air-to-air missiles. The idea was that if NORAD detected a fleet of Russian bomber coming across the Pacific, the F106 interceptors would be send out, the AIM 9 would get them through some of the Russian fighters, then they would launch the ‘special weapon’, point blank, then turn around and run like hell. That's my guess anyway.