Posted on Sep 7, 2020
XB-70 Valkyrie: The Cold War's Experimental Nuclear Aircraft
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Amid the heat of the cold war, both the US and Russia experimented with several different types of advanced nuclear jets, including a variant that was actually powered by a nuclear reactor. The prototypes were mothballed long before the Reagan and Gorbachev could ever sit down for brunch together, leaving modern military historians to wonder if planes like the XB 70 were a success or a failure...
Flying
Cold War
Military History
Nuclear
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I built the toy model and I knew a fraternity brother who's dad worked on this project as an Engineer for that defense contractor
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I served/protected/defended this great nation of ours; during the Cold War. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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