It was a time of “Voodoos,” “Blinders,” “Hustlers” and “Fishbeds”. It was a time of endless scrambles to intercept bogies “spoofs” on radar and endless hours of bombers flying to and from fail safe points. Here’s a look at some of the equipment employed at the time.

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In the weapons bay of the F-106 Delta Dart was Hughes Nuclear Genie able to hone-in on bomber formations at 2,000 MPH and wipe them out with the nuke.

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And later on you identified it thusly,

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Two AIR-2B nuclear Genies were carried in first line defense fighters.

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The thing is, the A & B had nuke potential, and there was no guidance system. AIR stood
for Air Intercept ROCKET, not a missile at all!

The reason this stands out for me is back in the early 80's, I was going through weapons
system upgrade training, read of this thingmie, and literally howled!

Back in the `50's when it first came out, it was no laughing matter. But by the time I
read about it, the F-106's were being phased out, and such crude, unguided nukes were,
indeed, laughable.

Darned good article, but this bit has been niggling me since I read it...

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