The Story Behind the Termination of the U.S. and Soviet NUCLEARPOWERED AIRCRAFT Program

An interesting article I found on the U.S. and Soviet Nuclear Powered
AIRCRAFT Programs and how they came to be and then not to be. Check it
out here

http://www.aviationearth.com/the-sto...craft-program/

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eco_man wrote:

An interesting article I found on the U.S. and Soviet Nuclear Powered
AIRCRAFT Programs and how they came to be and then not to be. Check it
out here

http://www.aviationearth.com/the-sto...-the-us-and-so
viet-nuclear-powered-aircraft-program/

It appears that the Soviets had the right approach -- the
nuclear-powered bomber had limited cost/benefit ratio, after everything
was calculated.

Perhaps the US realized the same thing and put the program on the far
back burner but maintained a shell of it in order to placate the
politicians.

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