The Douglas Genie (MB-1 Ding-Dong, AIR-2) was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5kt W25 nuclear warhead. It was deployed by the United States Air Force (USAF) (from 1957) and the Canadian Forces Air Command (from 1965 to 1984) during the Cold War. Production ended in 1962 after over 3000 were produced, with some related training and test derivatives occurring later. Development The interception of Soviet bombers was a major military preoccupation of the late 1940s and 1950s. The revelatio… (More on Air-2)