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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, then it's not a nuclear missile, is it?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago
  • not nuclear

  • not a missile

2 negatives make a positive!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (5 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Taking out a large swarm of (presumably, nuclear armed) bombers quickly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Maybe create an EMP blast to destroy communication infrastructure?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Lol why not

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Surprised it wasn't a Florida Man...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Actually, the guy with the missile was in Washington. He was planning to donate it to a museum in Ohio.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

lol "the missile was found"

reminds me of Europeans finding North America

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

That's just a septic tank!

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Nice. One lost nuke found. 5 left... That wet know about.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

It didn't have a warhead attached

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Sorry, still at 6.