Posted on 10/24/2021 2:20:44 PM PDT by algore
Well isn’t the. Navy about rum the lash and sodomy?
Too much power for Alaska. We’re too small.
Good heavens, no! No rum.
If you can stuff a reactor inside of a submarine, why not other small-scale platforms?
At the Idaho National Labs there was an old plane engine that was nuclear powered. I have no idea if it ever ran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_aircraft
I skimmed the article - sounds like it was never used in a plane. Shielding of the pilots from the nuclear reaction was the big thing.
Set it up 500 yards from the Alaskan village and run a cable down - should be fine.
What could possibly go wrong? (Soviet version):
https://youtu.be/NT8-b5YEyjo?si=DOY0lwtlsSc_ZWsM
The Alaska Air Base Tech:
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