Claim: The 579th Strategic Missile Squadron was an intercontinental ballistic missile of the United States Air Force that was never used due to its improper manufacturing.
Evidence: The 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (579 SMS) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Fortunately, these missiles were not mated with their warheads at the time of the incidents. On 1 September 1961, the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Atlas) went on alert as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron, being equipped with the SM-65F Atlas, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. The squadron was inactivated as part of the phaseout of the Atlas ICBM on 25 March 1965. United States Air Force Intercontinental ballistic missile World War II (EAME Theater)