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Bill Phil

Bill Phil

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10 hours ago, DDE said:

Not sure about postcard, but here you go, purpose-built for Project PLUTO.

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The Soviets built something remotely similar for the "dirty bomb" radiological warheads of the late 1940s.

Reminds me of Prelude to Space... 

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NSEP

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4 hours ago, b0ss said:

I can't read Russian, is that a nuclear engine?

That is Russia's proposed nuclear powered, nuclear warhead transport system, that can go anywhere in the world.

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18 hours ago, NSEP said:

That is Russia's proposed nuclear powered, nuclear warhead transport system, that can go anywhere in the world.

The Russian version of Project Pluto's Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. Though it looks smaller than its Uncle Sam counterpart so it may be a single-warhead delivery system.

Also, I somehow really doubt the test launch shown on video used an actual live nuclear reactor.

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