Fusion reactors aren't filled with tonnes of uranium.
Just for the sake of argument. There's also probably a good engineering why the military never really tried to make a nuclear plane; probably now that we have solar powered drones and satellite imaging there's just no need for a big plane that can stay up for years.
But TBH this just looks like a prototype for the Axiom to me. The way things are going it might not be such a bad idea.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 8:30,
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the US spent a billion dollars trying between 1946 and 1961
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custard, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 10:21,
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They probably spent just as much on men trying to kill goats with their minds.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 12:53,
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Nuclear propulsion is not the same thing as a nuclear reactor powering electric motors (like in submarines and aircraft carriers).
The main problem with nuclear propulsion is that it spits out radioactive exhaust, poisoning everything in its path. So obviously it was reimagined as a doomsday weapon:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile
The Americans stopped researching this, because they might be mad but they're not crazy.
The Russians however...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 18:48,
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