My vintage jet favorite is the Valkyrie. I remember when these were in testing in the 60s. Had the Revelle model.
That was a sexy aircraft. It just looked intimidating. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:31 PM, G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________ 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
