Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage
Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage
The device did not have any deadly warhead, and is "basically a gas tank for rocket fuel", police say.
Seems weird to call it an "inert nuclear missile" when the entire payload component with the "nuclear" trait was not included.
For any TL;DR folks: it was just the rocket without the warhead. Basically an empty fuel tank with a nozzle.
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.
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Peak journalism. Thats like a 50% made up story.
I don't blame the museum for calling the bomb squad. The fuel they put in those things is some real nasty toxic shit that if there were any trace left would be problematic. The whole "nuclear" part is the media being intentionally clickbaity.
Love my scrap metal with a nice healthy layer of hydrazine.
Isnt the whole point that the fuels self combust so exposing it to air should make it all decompose right?
This has to be one of the craziest weapons ever made. An unguided, nuclear, air-to-air rocket.
The Davy Crockett Weapon System would like to have a word.
I like the 280mm Atomic Cannon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goMNAxFqGbk
TBF you don't really need to have good aim when using a nuke.
I would guess that it was intended as an interceptor weapon. It wouldn't be used on one plane but a group Bears flying over the Arctic circle.
Tin foil hat engaged: This is exactly the news story I'd have the papers run if it'd had a warhead and too many people were aware of the missile's existence for convenient disappearances to be an option. Make it safe, spin a story to reassure the public, breathe a sigh of relief that it didn't turn out differently.
Then get back to guarding the secret prison facility holding the aliens who shot JFK.
Surprising he still wants to donate it to the museum after they grassed him up.
He might have a new preferred method of delivery though. Think of it as an express shipping option with an unmistakable delivery notification.
“Oh… is that what that is?”
"We'll shoot fireballs at it!"
Ex Children of Atom member?
Wait until they find his sub.
jealous!