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Not Illegal
Feb 3, 2024, 6:23:15 PMFeb 3
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On 22 Feb 2022, Molly Bolt <mollyth...@gmail.com> posted some
news:d37cbdd3-564f-4360...@googlegroups.com:
> You can hear the Democrats screaming rocket control already.
A rusting rocket discovered in a man’s garage in Washington state is in
fact an inert nuclear missile, police have said.
Authorities contacted a man in Bellevue after he called the Air Force
Museum offering to donate a military-grade rocket that belonged to his
late neighbour. He said that his neighbour had bought the item from an
estate sale.
Bellevue police bomb squad technicians said it was a Douglas AIR-2 Genie,
an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5kt W25
nuclear warhead. They said there was no warhead attached and there was no
danger of an explosion.
Seth Tyler, a spokesman for Bellevue police department, said the device
was “just basically a gas tank for rocket fuel”.
He told the BBC the event was “not serious at all”, adding that “our bomb
squad member asked me why we were releasing a news release on a rusted
piece of metal”.
Mr Tyler said the museum did not appear to have warned the man that they
had reported his offer.
He said that the individual in question “was not expecting a call from us”
and was “extremely irritated” by the media coverage.
Mr Tyler added that he was “gracious enough” to let us have a look at it.
Police determined the item was safe and left it with the man to be
restored for display in a museum.
“We think it’s gonna be a long, long time before we get another call like
this again,” Bellevue police department said on Twitter.
The Genie was the first nuclear-armed air-to-air weapon.
It said it was the “most powerful interceptor missile ever deployed by the
US Air Force”.
Production of the Genie ended in 1962.
https://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-missile-found-us-man-191224528.html
news:d37cbdd3-564f-4360...@googlegroups.com:
> You can hear the Democrats screaming rocket control already.
A rusting rocket discovered in a man’s garage in Washington state is in
fact an inert nuclear missile, police have said.
Authorities contacted a man in Bellevue after he called the Air Force
Museum offering to donate a military-grade rocket that belonged to his
late neighbour. He said that his neighbour had bought the item from an
estate sale.
Bellevue police bomb squad technicians said it was a Douglas AIR-2 Genie,
an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5kt W25
nuclear warhead. They said there was no warhead attached and there was no
danger of an explosion.
Seth Tyler, a spokesman for Bellevue police department, said the device
was “just basically a gas tank for rocket fuel”.
He told the BBC the event was “not serious at all”, adding that “our bomb
squad member asked me why we were releasing a news release on a rusted
piece of metal”.
Mr Tyler said the museum did not appear to have warned the man that they
had reported his offer.
He said that the individual in question “was not expecting a call from us”
and was “extremely irritated” by the media coverage.
Mr Tyler added that he was “gracious enough” to let us have a look at it.
Police determined the item was safe and left it with the man to be
restored for display in a museum.
“We think it’s gonna be a long, long time before we get another call like
this again,” Bellevue police department said on Twitter.
The Genie was the first nuclear-armed air-to-air weapon.
It said it was the “most powerful interceptor missile ever deployed by the
US Air Force”.
Production of the Genie ended in 1962.
https://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-missile-found-us-man-191224528.html
68g.1499
Feb 3, 2024, 7:04:59 PMFeb 3
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lost in the system in the 40s/50s and ARE now in
a dusty box in the back of somebody's barn ?
The Russians can't account for all of theirs either.
The Running Man
Feb 20, 2024, 2:03:07 PMFeb 20
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> On 2/3/24 6:23 PM, Not Illegal wrote:
>> On 22 Feb 2022, Molly Bolt <mollyth...@gmail.com> posted some
>> news:d37cbdd3-564f-4360...@googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> You can hear the Democrats screaming rocket control already.
>>
>> A rusting rocket discovered in a man?s garage in Washington state is in
>> On 22 Feb 2022, Molly Bolt <mollyth...@gmail.com> posted some
>> news:d37cbdd3-564f-4360...@googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> You can hear the Democrats screaming rocket control already.
>>
>> fact an inert nuclear missile, police have said.
>>
>> Authorities contacted a man in Bellevue after he called the Air Force
>> Museum offering to donate a military-grade rocket that belonged to his
>> late neighbour. He said that his neighbour had bought the item from an
>> estate sale.
>>
>> Bellevue police bomb squad technicians said it was a Douglas AIR-2 Genie,
>> an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5kt W25
>> nuclear warhead. They said there was no warhead attached and there was no
>> danger of an explosion.
>>
>> Seth Tyler, a spokesman for Bellevue police department, said the device
>> was ?just basically a gas tank for rocket fuel?.
>>
>> Authorities contacted a man in Bellevue after he called the Air Force
>> Museum offering to donate a military-grade rocket that belonged to his
>> late neighbour. He said that his neighbour had bought the item from an
>> estate sale.
>>
>> Bellevue police bomb squad technicians said it was a Douglas AIR-2 Genie,
>> an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5kt W25
>> nuclear warhead. They said there was no warhead attached and there was no
>> danger of an explosion.
>>
>> Seth Tyler, a spokesman for Bellevue police department, said the device
>>
>> He told the BBC the event was ?not serious at all?, adding that ?our bomb
>> squad member asked me why we were releasing a news release on a rusted
>> piece of metal?.
>>
>> Mr Tyler said the museum did not appear to have warned the man that they
>> had reported his offer.
>>
>> He said that the individual in question ?was not expecting a call from us?
>> Mr Tyler said the museum did not appear to have warned the man that they
>> had reported his offer.
>>
>> and was ?extremely irritated? by the media coverage.
>>
>> Mr Tyler added that he was ?gracious enough? to let us have a look at it.
>>
>> Police determined the item was safe and left it with the man to be
>> restored for display in a museum.
>>
>> ?We think it?s gonna be a long, long time before we get another call like
>> Police determined the item was safe and left it with the man to be
>> restored for display in a museum.
>>
>> this again,? Bellevue police department said on Twitter.
>>
>> The Genie was the first nuclear-armed air-to-air weapon.
>>
>> It said it was the ?most powerful interceptor missile ever deployed by the
>> The Genie was the first nuclear-armed air-to-air weapon.
>>
>> US Air Force?.
>>
>> Production of the Genie ended in 1962.
>>
>> https://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-missile-found-us-man-191224528.html
>
>
> I wonder how many actual old nuclear warheads got
> lost in the system in the 40s/50s and ARE now in
> a dusty box in the back of somebody's barn ?
>
> The Russians can't account for all of theirs either.
>
LOL you think so?
>> Production of the Genie ended in 1962.
>>
>> https://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-missile-found-us-man-191224528.html
>
>
> I wonder how many actual old nuclear warheads got
> lost in the system in the 40s/50s and ARE now in
> a dusty box in the back of somebody's barn ?
>
> The Russians can't account for all of theirs either.
>
The smallest nuke weighs 20kg, so that could be the case. But most weigh more than 100kg and aren't so easily transported.
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