Posted on 05/24/2018 5:31:07 AM PDT by C19fan
Vladimir Putin’s much-hyped nuclear-powered cruise missile is having trouble staying in the air. The Russian president announced the weapon in March as part of a package of new nuclear arms, but the unnamed missile has crashed four times in four months.
The new Russian cruise missile takes advantage of a nuclear chain reaction for power. According to CNBC the missile uses a gasoline-powered engine, likely a turbojet similar to the one powering the Kalibr cruise missile (see above, using its rocket booster motor) to achieve flight. Although details surrounding the weapon aren’t clear, the new cruise missile almost certainly uses the turbojet to help it achieve the desired speed and altitude before the nuclear engine kicks in.
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At least there are no Clintons in office to help them correct that.
Gasoline powered turbojet? Who would have thunk it?
Maybe it uses ethanol?
Maybe it needs some good vodka in the tank.
Hate to be in the area when they finally get it working...
There, Sven Poul Nielsen and other researchers analyze the filters. They often snag small amounts of naturally occurring radioactivity, radon for example.
Then about a month ago, Nielsen was startled to find something far stranger: a radioactive isotope known as ruthenium-106.
Mysterious Radioactive Cloud Over Europe Hints At Accident Farther East
Ruthenium-106 has a half-life of just one year, which means that it isn't naturally found on Earth. It is, however, created in the glowing cores of nuclear reactors — and usually only detected in the atmosphere when something goes terribly wrong.
The ruthenium was detected far beyond Denmark. It showed up all across Europe, from Cyprus to Spain. The levels seen in dozens of nations were far too low to pose a health risk. Within weeks, the thin cloud had vanished.
So far, no nation has announced a recent nuclear incident or accident involving ruthenium-106. But some Western scientists say they suspect the source might have been a Russian research institute near the city of Dimitrovgrad, west of the Ural Mountains. The reason for their suspicion comes down to atmospheric calculations and the type of work being done at the facility, known as the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors.
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We never tried to fly the thing, but the engine worked in static tests. And yes, it does look like that's what they're trying to do.
There was an old 50’s era twin engine jet that used a gasoline burning engines. F3D I think, was said to be very under powered.
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