List of nuclear-powered aircraft explained

Below is a list of nuclear powered aircraft and concepts:

Name or designationManufacturer RoleNationalityPeriodNotability
9M730 Burevestnik[1] [2] [3] [4] Cruise Missile2018
Bell D-1007Bell TextronHelicopter1950s
Convair Model 23[5] [6] ConvairBomber1950s
Convair N-1ConvairBomber1950s
Convair N-2ConvairBomber1950s
Convair NB-36H[7] ConvairBomber1950s
Convair NX-2 CAMAL[8] ConvairBomber1950s
Convair X-6[9] [10] ConvairBomber1950s
De Havilland NP-3De HavillandBomber1950s
De Havilland NP-4De HavillandBomber1950s
Douglas Model 26[11] Douglas Aircraft CorporationBomber1950s
Douglas WS-125ADouglas Aircraft CorporationBomber1950s
Fedorov nuclear planeFedorovSpaceplane/Helicopter concept1920s
Hughes InterceptorHughes Aircraft CorporationInterceptor1950s
Lockheed CL-195Lockheed Corporation1950s
Lockheed CL-1201[12] Lockheed CorporationTransport1960s
Lockheed L-248-3[13] Lockheed Corporation1950s
Myasischev M-30[14] Myasischev1950s
Myasischev M-60[15] Myasischev1950s
Northrop N-34[16] Northrop Corporation1950s
Northrop Corporation1950s
Supersonic Low Altitude Missile1964
Tupolev Tu-95LALTupolev1950s
Tupolev Tu-119Tupolev1950s
WS-125[17] 1950s

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Future Role of Nuclear Propulsion in the Military . Trakimavičius. Lukas. NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence . en. 2021-10-15.
  2. 1064991343624237059. Update from a source: Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile has a NATO designator – SSC-X-9 SKYFALL. (USIC also calls this missile the KY30.). Ankit. Panda. nktpnd. 20 November 2018.
  3. News: Russian nuclear engineers buried after 'Skyfall nuclear' blast . Al Jazeera . 13 August 2019 . 11 September 2019.
  4. News: Russia shows off new weapons after Trump summit. Lendon. Brad. 20 July 2018. CNN. 2018-07-20.
  5. Bradley, Robert, 2010. Convair Advanced Designs: Secret Projects from San Diego 1923-1962. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press.
  6. Buttler, Tony (2010). American Secret Projects: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945 to 1974. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. .
  7. Web site: Convair NB-36H "The Crusader". 2009-06-26. National Museum of the US Air Force. 2017-07-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141028164535/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2556. 2014-10-28.
  8. Web site: NX-2_ANP_1951-1961_Convair_Nuclear_Propulsion_Jet.PDF . docs.google.com .
  9. Book: Report to the Congress of the United States – Review of manned aircraft nuclear propulsion program . Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Defense . February 1963 . The Comptroller General of the United States . 141 . January 24, 2012.
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  11. AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS BOMBERS, ATTACK AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT 1945 TO 1974, Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. page 94.
  12. Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. .
  13. Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. .
  14. Web site: M-30 Draft strategic bomber - RedStar . www.redstar.gr .
  15. Web site: М-60 В.М.Мясищева . www.testpilot.ru.
  16. Flying Wings and Radical Things, page 262.
  17. Web site: Aviation History: The airplane that never was . January 1, 2018 . www.aopa.org.

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