Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
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title:
Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
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The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile or SLAM was a U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons project conceived around 1955, and cancelled in 1964. SLAMs were conceived of as unmanned nuclear-powered ramjets capable of delivering thermonuclear warheads deep into enemy territory. The development of ICBMs in the 1950s rendered the concept of SLAMs obsolete. Advances in defensive ground radar also made the stratagem of low-altitude evasion ineffective. Although it never proceeded beyond the initial design and t
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Weapons delivery platform project undertaken by the United States in the 1950s
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile
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2024-04-18T08:25:59Z
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