Posted on 01/27/2012 7:51:43 AM PST by Hojczyk
Operation TIMBERWOLF ?..............
Couple of things:
In regard to the Lun...there is some footage of the thing actually flying and firing its rockets. If you do a YouTube search for ‘Lun-class”, you’ll find it. It’s from a Russian documentary of the ekranoplanes, and the narration is in Russian. However, if you click through, you’ll recognize the Lun.
Second, in regard to the nuclear airplane concept...the Air Force finally deemed the concept as too expensive to make both safe and workable. However, they had thought of “Project Pluto”. It was a nuclear-powered cruise missile/unmanned bomber that, once it’s nuclear engine was turned on, would go blasting at supersonic speeds (likely Mach 3) and low altitude towards several targets in the Soviet Union. It would’ve carried multiple nukes onboard, dropping them on several targets before self-destructing over the last target.
Not only that, but the shock wave from flying at Mach 3 so low to the ground would have caused serious damage along its flight path...and the exhaust was also going to leave a pretty nasty radioactive trail.
They dropped the idea when intercontinental ballistic missiles proved to be easier to design and build then previously thought.
I imagine it as what I call a “middle-finger” type of weapon...where you not only destroy cities but screw up the environment of your enemy for decades to come.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0y9UHyOhbo
There appears to be several more similar videos available via the "sidebar" at that same URL...
NASA only had three fatal accidents. Two were shuttles and one Apollo. Of course the shuttles carried more people than Russian spacecraft so the body count would be higher.
Russians seem to have a fatalistic view of life. They do things that are either dangerious or stupid. Like a whole country of drunk rednecks .
What's that got to do with the fact that it was known well before the untimely demise of the Apollo 1 crew that combustion occurs more rapidly in a 100% oxygen environment, even without the Russians?
What's that got to do with the fact that it was known well before the untimely demise of the Apollo 1 crew that combustion occurs more rapidly in a 100% oxygen environment, even without the Russians?
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Russians seem to have a fatalistic view of life. They do things that are either dangerious or stupid. Like a whole country of drunk rednecks .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbgyy04_OV0
OMG INSANE Russian teens #### off the top of some tall tower
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So what! The medal would get vaporized.
We should license the design. Imagine a car ferry that could go from Chicago to Traverse City in one hour.
I’m trying remember how the book described the reason for my claim. Yes, I know we knew about the danger but the author described something that made the sharing of the particulars beneficial to crew that died in ‘67.
Do you recall seeing the famous class pictures of cosmonauts? Ones that later showed classmates airbrushed out? One was the young cosmonaut who perished in the O2 chamber, the other, if I recall was a alcholic who died in disgrace. If you have the time read the book of above, it was well documented and sourced..
The Ground Effect Vehicles had turbofans. They had the potential to carry nuclear warheads in the missiles they carry. This is REALLY BAD WRITING. Why should I trust anything in a “business” publication that runs intentionally misleading headlines?
That is why the idea was abandoned. I am glad we tested out several options when we developed our nuclear deterrent. It was much better than just putting all the eggs in the same basket.
The best options won out in the end.
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