Cold War-era rocket designed to carry nukes discovered in Washington state garage

Bellevue Police Department officers discovered a McDonnell Douglas AIR-2 Genie sitting in the garage of a deceased Washington state resident. The model was produced until 1962.

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According to police, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, called on Wednesday to say that they were offered the item. A neighbor reported that the rocket was purchased at an estate sale.

The rocket, which is a McDonnell Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1), was designed to carry a W25 nuclear warhead. It is an unguided air-to-air rocket.