Canada Global(Web News)An inert rocket designed to carry a nuclear warhead has been recovered.Police in a suburban Seattle area said their bomb squad was called after a military museum found them. contacted about an apparently old and rusty missile.
According to the Bellevue Police Department, a Bellevue resident expressed interest in donating an item that belonged to his deceased neighbor.
The man stated that his neighbor had actually purchased the item at an estate sale,” police said, adding that the missile was inactive and was found in the deceased resident’s garage.
Police say their bomb squad examined the rusted object and found it to be a McDonnell Douglas AIR-2 Genie, an unguided air-to-air missile that carries a 1.5 kiloton W-25 nuclear warhead. was designed to go.
And we think it's gonna be a long, long time before we get another call like this again 🚀https://t.co/QePBTkDVFk pic.twitter.com/YXslykeOIT
— Bellevue, WA Police (@BvuePD) February 2, 2024
There was no warhead attached to the missile and no rocket fuel, “essentially meaning that the item was a prototype with no explosive hazard.”
The Air Force Armament Museum Foundation says the rocket was used by the U.S. and Canada during the interwar period when intercepting Soviet strategic bombers was a major military concern. The
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force says the missile was first tested in 1956. was carried out and became operational in January 1957.