Russia’s nuclear powered drone that could fly forever…

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[FoundAndExplained]

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[Iskelderon]

The Wyle E Coyote era of aviation was wild!
During the war, German aircraft design/development acted like a pressure cooker, making progress on the fast track and when that pressure got released and the scientists were abducte...liberated along with their research material, it led to progress at an insane rate and the recent nuclear advancements then added its own speed on top.

[lavaboatcubesupportsukrain]

I think project Pluto would be a good idea for a future video.
Edit-thank you for the likes but you should also comment that you would like to see it as well so he will see it

[discontinuuity]

Fun Fact: the reactor support structure for Project Pluto was made of porcelain by CoorsTek, which started as a division of the Coors brewing company.

[MarkOctavian]

Well, Russia has just finished testing Burevesnik — a nuclear-powered cruise missile which can stay in the air for years.

[risksystemsuk]

It would have to carry a power generator which is powered by the reactor and will have to travel at very high speeds at low altitude to cool the reactor. The weight of such a contraption alone is a show stopper.

[pawewysoczanski]

Awesome! Would absolutely love a video on Project Pluto! Great to see a video of its Soviet equivalent! Btw, how was the M-60 supposed to fly ? Was it remote operated via radio or radar or did it have some pre-flight settings calibrated into it?

[pseudotasuki]

Uncontrolled fission doesn't result in a nuclear explosion. Or, at least, not the kind you're talking about. The rapid increase in temperature from fissioning pulls the fuel apart, resulting in it becoming sub-critical and halting the reaction before much energy is released.

[GabrielOrosco]

This aircraft was never meant to be a drone! The Myasishchev M-60 was to be a manned aircraft, but without external windows. Pilot's vision was provided by a periscope, and the pilots were inside a very shielded capsule. I have the documents from this project.

[bluefandango]

as a former soviet pilot i can attest that i flew an unnamed and unmanned nuclear powered gigantic mini drone.

[adamgroszkiewicz]

To be fair, the US also designed one of these flying radiation pukers back in the 60's....they scrapped it believing that even producing the weapon would provoke the Soviets into striking.

[lightspeedvictory]

Was wracking my brain throughout the video trying to remember the name of Project Pluto LOL

Requesting videos on the following:
-switchblade aircraft designs such as the FA-37 Talon from the ‘05 movie “Stealth” or the X-02 Wyvern from the Ace Combat franchise (the concept, not the actual fighters I mentioned)
-Super Tomcat-21 and ASF-14
-the NATF program as a whole
-early ATF proposals/McDonnell Douglas’ ATF proposal
-Sea Apache
-F-20 Tigershark
-Bae SABA
-Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Bomber proposal
-Northrop’s proposal for what would become the F-117 Nighthawk
-Interstate TDR
-JSF proposals OTHER THAN the X-32 and X-35
-XFV-12
-Gloster Meteor
-the proposals that didn’t win the F-X program that spawned the F-15 Eagle
-Erado E.555
-model 853 quiet bird

[Thewayofgrass]

This one of the only channels that actually interest me

[tieradlerch.]

"We make sea plane now"
"What engine"
"Nuclear"
"Where we put it?"
"Nice question"

[nullcntext]

If Project Pluto was a flying crowbar, this thing was a flying potato.

[blitzzkrieg]

Mate, can you also make a video about Sweden's Saab Gripen? Thanks a lot

[devia]

F&E, destroyer of USSR aircraft design bureau pronunciation has returned

[waverlh]

As for me, I don't care what you cover next. Your content is awesome! Keep up the good work!

[robertkerr]

I love the attitude of, "why risk the possible loss of a multimillion dollar airplane when we can guarantee the loss of a multimillion dollar missile?" To save a life, I guess.. gee thanks. Now when the millions of people get vaporized, we can all rest easy knowing a pilot wasn't put at risk....

[Tsotha]

yeah this instantly struck me as a Warsaw Pact counterpoint to Project Pluto, however I've never heard of this until now - fascinating how many weird Soviet prototype aircraft I've discovered through this channel