Project Pluto
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Project Pluto
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Project Pluto was a United States government program to develop nuclear-powered ramjet engines for use in cruise missiles. Two experimental engines were tested at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in 1961 and 1964 respectively. On 1 January 1957, the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission selected the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory to study the feasibility of applying heat from a nuclear reactor to power a ramjet engine for a Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. This would have many advantage
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US nuclear ramjet project, 1957–1964
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto
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2024-04-03T02:39:26Z
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