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Old 23rd Aug 2022, 04:01
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Ollie Onion
 
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Originally Posted by Nil by mouth
Apologies if I misunderstood your post, I thought that you were hypothesising that a nuclear reactor could power an aircraft!
My reply was merely pointing out the inherent danger of an airborne nuclear reactor impacting the ground or a city at a high velocity.
have a read of the following, it details the nuclear powered bomber that the Russians actually flew.

https://interestingengineering.com/t...ded-in-failure
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