National Interest on MSN1d
$6,000,000,000 Nuclear Navy Aircraft Carrier 'Sunk' By $100,000,000 Diesel Sub
In a 2005 war game exercise, the Swedish diesel-electric submarine HMS Gotland managed to "sink" the $6 billion USS Ronald ...
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Making The Case For Nuclear Aircraft
The resulting release of energy is expelled from the engine, producing thrust. A nuclear powered jet engine is pretty much the same minus the combustion chamber. Air is compressed and sent to a ...
CBS News on MSN21h
North Korea tests missiles ahead of U.S. election, says American actions warrant its nuclear weapons buildup
That package includes the potential sale of airborne early warning and control systems to South Korea, with the approval of ...
The National Interest on MSN14d
USS United States: The 'Nuclear Bomber' Aircraft Carrier The Navy Stopped Building
The USS United States (CVA-58) was an ambitious but ultimately unworkable plan for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ...
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US Air Force Says They’re Developing An Open Source Jet Engine; We Say Show Us The Design
From a purely tactical standpoint keeping the design of a cheap and reliable jet engine away from potential ... to be seeing it on GitHub anytime soon. Nuclear reactors are still fair game ...
National Interest on MSN10d
Nuclear Aircraft Carriers in the U.S Navy: Most Expensive Warships Ever
Modern aircraft carriers, like the U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford-class, cost around $13 billion each due to their immense complexity and advanced technology. These vessels are essentially floating cities ...
National Interest on MSN1mon
The Dream of Nuclear Powered Aircraft Was More Like a Flying Chernobyl
When Nuclear Dreams Took Flight: The Quest for Atomic-Powered Aircraft To get a small reactor to fly, you essentially strip ...
Business Insider India6y
Boeing just patented a jet engine powered by lasers and nuclear explosions
Last week, the US Patent and Trademark Office approved an application from Boeing's Robert Budica, James Herzberg, and Frank Chandler for a laser-and-nuclear driven airplane engine. With ...
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The battle to build India’s military jet engines
Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In the 1990s, when India was pursuing economic reforms, testing nuclear weapons and raising its profile ...
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France’s next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered
France’s next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered and replace in ... a next-generation weapon system, a new jet engine, advanced sensors and stealth technologies, and an ...