F-89 Scorpion (Northrop,USA)
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Hát nem egy "szokványos" repülőgép sárkánnyal rendelkezik. Abban az időben volt még egy pár ilyen "egyedi" gép.
Ráadásul ez volt az első típus amin az 50-es években a Genie atomrobbanófejes LL-rakétát rendszeresítették, és az egyetlen típus, amiről teszt-céllal éles Genie-t indítottak és fel is robbantották az atomtöltetét.
F-89 Scorpion interceptor conducting the first and only live test of a USAF AIR-2 Genie nuclear-tipped air-to-air rocket (1957)
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft built during the 1950s and notably the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons (the unguided Genie rocket).
The Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1) was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead. It was deployed by the United States Air Force (1957–1985) and Canada (1965–84) during the Cold War. Production ended in 1962 after over 3,000 were made. A live Genie was detonated only once, in Operation Plumbbob on 19 July 1957. It was fired by an F-89J over Yucca Flats, Nevada.
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft built during the 1950s and notably the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons (the unguided Genie rocket).
The Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1) was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead. It was deployed by the United States Air Force (1957–1985) and Canada (1965–84) during the Cold War. Production ended in 1962 after over 3,000 were made. A live Genie was detonated only once, in Operation Plumbbob on 19 July 1957. It was fired by an F-89J over Yucca Flats, Nevada.
Állati volt az 50-es évek. Olyan szintű brain-storming zajlott, mint nem sokszor a történelem folyamán.