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From: VIRGO: :GUNTER@FENNEL.CC.UWA.OZ.AU (Gunter Ahrendt)
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Subject: Re: Genie
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Date: 19 Apr 91 19:16:47 GMT
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From: "VIRGO::GUNTER"@FENNEL.CC.UWA.OZ.AU (Gunter Ahrendt)


>1) Does anyone have any statistics for the Genie missle.
>   (Actually, it's not guided so it's not really a missle.)

MD AIR-2 Genie (ex Douglas MB-1,ex Ding-Dong,ex High Card,ex Bird Dog)

Unguided Air to Air Nuclear Rocket

9.7ft L
1.535ft Diameter
3.35ft Span
820lbs
Mach 3
6 Mile Range
Thiokol SR49-TC-1 solid fuel 36,500lb rocket engine
1.5 kT Fission Warhead
1,000 + produced (ended 1962),none operational after 1987
Launched from Scorpions,Delta Daggers,Delta Darts,Voodoos,Phantoms
1 live test shot 07:00 19-JUL-1957 Nevada Nuclear Testing Range
	Operation Plumbomb Test Shot John
	missile detonated after 2.6miles/4.5seconds
Canadian's used Genies as well

>2) Does anyone know of any other nuclear missles or rockets
>   used by any nation.

Hughes AIM-26A Falcon radar homing air to air missile