Cool... until now I don't think I even knew anyone who had *heard* of the Genie...

Originally Posted By: fredk
I had no idea that an air to air nuke was ever made. I understand the advantage of something that makes a very, very big boom on the ground, but what is the value of an air to air nuke?

My understanding is that it compensated for the relatively new and unreliable missile guidance systems of the time.

"Dude, you missed him by half a mile... he almost got away !"

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Some question has been raised as to whether the F-101 itself would survive a AIR-2 launch.

Did this get discussed during training, or just the "you'll be safer if you're far far away when it goes off" line ?

EDIT... just noticed the CF-101 page included the Genie under "armaments"... we didn't use Genies in Canada, did we ? Or does that just mean it *could* carry Genies if desired ?

Last edited by bridgman; 04/08/12 01:09 AM.
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