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Forum: Military Aviation

11th Aug 2019, 16:28

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Russian Munitions Plant Explosion

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Posted By unmanned_droid

If it was open cycle (i.e. the exhaust of the...

If it was open cycle (i.e. the exhaust of the turbojet engine was radioactive) I would think public political action would have been taken. It would be outrageous to do such a thing today (and it...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Aug 2019, 11:47

Replies: 70

Russian Munitions Plant Explosion

Views: 34,153

Posted By unmanned_droid

I think we would be talking about a closed cycle...

I think we would be talking about a closed cycle system with heat exchanger rather than open cycle. To go and seriously consider something like Pluto again, in this day and age, would mark you out...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Aug 2019, 09:17

Replies: 70

Russian Munitions Plant Explosion

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Posted By unmanned_droid

An isotope power source suggests something...

An isotope power source suggests something similar to the RTGs used in some space missions. I'd suggest they were more like a thermal battery than a nuclear reactor.

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