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Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 56 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

However, there was no warhead attached, meaning there was never any danger to the community.
Bellevue Police Department spokesman Seth Tyler, told BBC News on Friday that the device was "just basically a gas tank for rocket fuel".
He called the event "not serious at all".
"In fact, our bomb squad member asked me why we were releasing a news release on a rusted piece of metal," he said.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

Bomb squad member is based.