Good thing for the birds that it was an inert test missile.
“...an inert test missile.”
Marvin the Martian was watching. “Where’s the Kaboom? There was supposed to be a big Kaboom!”
That one pigeon looked like it might have been having trouble getting lift due to the hot air below him. I think I saw some questions marks above his head to trying to figure out why his flapping wasn’t working so well.