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| Vermont Military Museum - Other Exhibits / 46 MB1 AIR-2 Genie Nuclear Missile
Bill Maloney 12/5/2009 |
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More AIR-2 Genie Nuclear Air Launched Missiles at other aviation museums in the northeast |
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| Another Douglas Air-2 Genie Nuclear Missile can be found at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum in Geneseo, NY | Another Douglas Air-2 Genie Nuclear Missile can be found at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE |
Length: 9 feet 7 inches
Wingspan: 3 foot 4 inches
Diameter: 17 inches
Weight: 830 lbs
Max Speed: Mach 3
Range: 6 miles
Powerplant: Thiokol TU-289 solid propellant rocket motor 36,000lbs thrust
Guidance: Unguided
Warhead:
Nuclear 1.5 kiloton yeild
First Flight : 1957
Cost: $11,000
Here's a Youtube video of an AIR-2 Genie Nuclear rocket being tested on an F-104 Starfighter. Another video of AIR-2 Genie rockets being test fired.