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.

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Seems weird to call it an “inert nuclear missile” when the entire payload component with the “nuclear” trait was not included.

For any TL;DR folks: it was just the rocket without the warhead. Basically an empty fuel tank with a nozzle.

“Oh… is that what that is?”