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TIL the Tupolev TU-119, a nuclear powered Soviet bomber, could stay in the air as long as its pilots could stand the radiation.

 September 20, 2011  Leave a comment

Tu119side 500x175 TIL the Tupolev TU 119, a nuclear powered Soviet bomber, could stay in the air as long as its pilots could stand the radiation.

The Tupolev Tu-119 (Tu-95LAL) test plane was a modified Tupolev Tu-95 Soviet bomber aircraft which flew from 1961 to 1965. It was intended to see if a nuclear reactor could be used to power an aircraft. Without the need to refuel, the resulting nuclear aircraft would have greatly extended range compared to conventional designs. The design was analogous to the United States’ earlier Convair X-6.

I can only imagine what the fallout would be if this would have crashed in a populated area. Scary thought!

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