IT WAS FOR PERSONAL USE

Officers were given access to the reported missile. Bomb squad members inspected the object and then learned that it was in fact a Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1), an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead.

(Thanks to Tim, Mezrap and Frank)

Comments

[MOTW]

"Because the item was inert and the military did not request it back, police left the item with the neighbor to be restored for display in a museum."

I'm no expert, but I think you have to purchase the nuclear warhead separately or maybe get lucky finding one in a box of Cracker Jacks.

[failed pick-up lines]

Want to come back to my place and watch me launch my missle?

[Missile Owner's Ghost]

What a ripoff. All the pictures show the warhead attached. And I beefed up the garage floor to take the extra weight.

[Mike Smith]

No nuclear warhead and no rocket fuel. So, in other words, just a pile of scrap metal.

[Burt Macklin, FBI]

This would make a great BBQ grill!

[Frank S.]

Wouldn’t a missile falling into the hands of a bunch of wacky bad guys make a great plot for a novel?

[Lucky Jack]

These things should not be in civilian hands.