What are your thoughts about about the Air Force's TR3B?

SSgt James Stanley — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 01:45:59 -0400

Response by SSgt James Stanley made Oct 15 at 2015 1:48 AM

SSgt James Stanley — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 01:48:38 -0400

/If some of you haven't heard about it, here is a site to visit
http://planet.infowars.com/weird-news/tr-3b-tactical-reconnaissance-nuclear-powered-aerospace-platform

TR-3B Tactical Reconnaissance Nuclear Powered Aerospace Platform?

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Oct 15 at 2015 2:20 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 02:20:01 -0400

Sounds like Sci-Fi to me. If it was real, and the writer had a TS clearance as he claims, he would know better than to be writing this article.

Response by Col Joseph Lenertz made Oct 15 at 2015 8:12 AM

Col Joseph Lenertz — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:12:10 -0400

Fun to read about, but my thoughts based on the article: 1. Tactical Reconnaissance? We live in the 21st century...drones/RPAs are excellent platforms for tactical reconnaissance...we don't need a 600 foot wide aircraft for that role. This would be way too large for nearly every airport (civilian and military) in the world to manage, and much larger than it needs to be to have intercontinental ranges and bomber payloads, so too large even for a strategic bomber role. 2. Physics 101: Magnetic fields interact with electric fields...when they do, they can use available energy to do work (like speed up or slow down, if you are travelling through a magnetic field). Neither magnetic or electric fields interact with gravity or can be used to reduce gravity, as the article suggests. One line from the article: "...super-conductive plasma with the results being an armor of any type of gravity disruption. The MFD generates a magnetic vortex field which is how the gravity on mass is disrupted or neutralized within a proximity of eighty-nine percent." This is how a fourth-grader with a wild imagination writes. It has no basis in physics or atomic theory. The purest BS. Sorry to be a downer.

Response by MSgt Curtis Ellis made Oct 15 at 2015 9:49 AM

MSgt Curtis Ellis — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:49:01 -0400

Interesting...

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 15 at 2015 2:08 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:08:13 -0400

Looking at the story I doubt that it is real. The references that they use make me think that the person who wrote the story heard about some neat things science has done and made an article using things he heard without a full understanding. They reference using 3 rockets that use chemical propellant to help it float. Syncing the three rockets start/stop times sounds like it would be more effort then they would get out of it. Using Quantum Levitation also known as magnetic locking or Acoustic Levitation might work better for making it float. Examples can be found on Youtube. However I am not a rocket scientist so take it with a grain of salt. They also seem a bit confused about the countermeasures and the aircraft skin works. Col Joseph Lenertz has a few good points on the magnetic fields as well.