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Here is a great podcast about the nuclear-powered cruise missile (the one that spews radiation as its exhaust, is >180dB loud from the ground, and has unlimited
by toufka 8y ago
Here is a great podcast about the nuclear-powered cruise missile (the one that spews radiation as its exhaust, is >180dB loud from the ground, and has unlimited range) - and a public analysis of its testing in the arctic.
https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1205364/russias-crashing-cruise-missile/ https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1205364/russias-cras...
It comes with some strong shout-outs to Planet (satellite startup), and goes into some technical detail about how they've gone about geo-locating where the tests occurred.
Very scary/crazy weapons here...
- mepian 8y agoIs this the first actual use of nuclear propulsion? I'd prefer it to be space exploration, but such technologies always end up in military toys first.
- molszanski 8y agoBoth US and USSR experimented with it in 60s. But since "traditional" ICBMs where good enough there was no need for nuclear propulsion. Complicated, radioactive and not ready for use. Even though nuclear propulsion was fairly advanced.