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Would it be possibly to have whole fleets of constantly flying planes assuming the fuel burden wasn't too much, I can think of a few high value areas where it m

Would it be possibly to have whole fleets of constantly flying planes assuming the fuel burden wasn't too much, I can think of a few high value areas where it might be worth the deterrent capability of always having a fair few planes constantly scrambled...

mulmen 3y ago
You may enjoy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome.
- Civitello 3y ago
  Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovision
- __MatrixMan__ 3y ago
  > Several high-profile nuclear accidents were associated with the "Chrome Dome" program, including the accidental release of nuclear weapons on foreign territory, and it was shut down in the wake of one such accident in 1968. Wow, that's quite an accident.
  - morsch 3y ago
    One of the incidents was caused by aerial refueling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash Palomares is in Spain. Fifty years later, it's still an issue for the people living there.
    - Gracana 3y ago
      Do you have a different link that talks about that? The Wikipedia article says there were no health issues. “Despite the cost and the number of personnel involved in the cleanup, traces of contamination remained forty years later. Snails were observed with unusual levels of radioactivity.[31] Additional tracts of land were also appropriated for testing and further cleanup. However, no indication of health issues has been discovered among the local population in Palomares.[29]”
      - morsch 3y ago
        I didn't mean to imply that there were health issues.
      - __MatrixMan__ 3y ago
        It's kind of hard to believe that measurable affects were found among the snails but it hasn't contributed to a case of cancer here or there over the years. Human cancer that is, although I do feel for the snails.
        lupusreal 3y ago
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082349872349872 3y ago
Also mentioned in the Watts short "Malak": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38362711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38362711
toast0 3y ago
Not constantly, but take a look at the refueling pattern for Operation Black Buck in the Falklands war: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck There's probably a better reference for this.
dharmab 3y ago
Two pilots once flew a Cessna 172 for over 64 days, refueling and resupplying from a truck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_endurance_record#/media/File:Timm_Cook_Cessna_172_Endurance_Flight.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_endurance_record#/media... They eventually were forced to land because their engine was down on power from lack of maintenance.

mulmen 3y ago

You may enjoy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome.

Civitello 3y ago
Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovision
__MatrixMan__ 3y ago
> Several high-profile nuclear accidents were associated with the "Chrome Dome" program, including the accidental release of nuclear weapons on foreign territory, and it was shut down in the wake of one such accident in 1968. Wow, that's quite an accident.
- morsch 3y ago
  One of the incidents was caused by aerial refueling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash Palomares is in Spain. Fifty years later, it's still an issue for the people living there.
  - Gracana 3y ago
    Do you have a different link that talks about that? The Wikipedia article says there were no health issues. “Despite the cost and the number of personnel involved in the cleanup, traces of contamination remained forty years later. Snails were observed with unusual levels of radioactivity.[31] Additional tracts of land were also appropriated for testing and further cleanup. However, no indication of health issues has been discovered among the local population in Palomares.[29]”
    - morsch 3y ago
      I didn't mean to imply that there were health issues.
    - __MatrixMan__ 3y ago
      It's kind of hard to believe that measurable affects were found among the snails but it hasn't contributed to a case of cancer here or there over the years. Human cancer that is, although I do feel for the snails.
      - lupusreal 3y ago
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082349872349872 3y ago

Also mentioned in the Watts short "Malak": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38362711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38362711

toast0 3y ago

Not constantly, but take a look at the refueling pattern for Operation Black Buck in the Falklands war: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck There's probably a better reference for this.

dharmab 3y ago

Two pilots once flew a Cessna 172 for over 64 days, refueling and resupplying from a truck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_endurance_record#/media/File:Timm_Cook_Cessna_172_Endurance_Flight.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_endurance_record#/media... They eventually were forced to land because their engine was down on power from lack of maintenance.