[ExI] Trump’s buddy has a nuclear-powered cruise missile

[John Clark]

 Vladimir Putin just announced he has a hypersonic cruise missile, he says
its a ramjet and its nuclear-powered.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/01/what-russias-newly-announced-nuclear-systems-actually-mean/?utm_term=.8cb1e132ed18
It sounds very much like Project Pluto that the USA considered building in
the late 1950s. Pluto was a nuclear powered ramjet that flew at low
altitudes to avoid radar at 3 times the speed of sound. It was suposed to
be able to stay airborne for weeks at a time if needed and deliver a 6,400
pound warhead anywhere in the world. The project was abandoned when it was
realized the warhead was not necessary, the exhaust from the nuclear ramjet
was so radioactive it would devastate anything it flew over, friendly
territory as well as enemy.

This is an old promotional film from 1959 promoting the wonders of Project
Pluto, also called The Big Stick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_SCuPId8KA

John K Clark
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