B-58 Hustler was built in the time frame when Jet A was cheap and nukes had to be hand delivered. That era passed pretty quickly with the cold war and the missile silos built all over the place. Then came space.... with the capacity to put a nuke in orbit and leave it there, ready to drop on a moments notice for delivery anywhere on the earth in less time than it takes to run through the pre-flight checklist on the B-58.......
Then there is kinetic Energy Weapons system... it doesn't even use nuke... it's just a titanium pole [pick your size and diameter] dropped from space and guided by GPS or other secret guidance systems, so there is no launch signature. It's reported that delivery time from geosynchronous orbit is something on the order of 6 minutes from release to impact. For a weapon 10 ft long 10 inches diameter, it's reported that Impact at 64,000 MPH delivers energy on the same scale of a 5 to 8 megaton nuke, with zero fallout or residual.. It is unconfirmed, of course, that we may or may not have such a weapon in inventory, however, it is confirmed that Russia developed such a device. Presumption is, USA has equal or better... The leaked Russian code name for their weapon was "Stalins Hammer"... Why rush.... conventional weapons can come at any time of the night with the present stealth planes. You can't see them so they don't have to out run surface to air missiles. That way, politicians have time to make excuses. Isn't technology great? On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> wrote: > --R wrote: > > Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities > > Not many delta wing aircraft used these days? > Is delta wing used only for supersonic? Was blackbird delta wing? > Interesting video - thanks. > mao > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
