In the United States tested a fighter equipped with a nuclear charge (Video)
The fourth-generation fighter, the F-15E Strike Eagle, equipped with the B61-12 nuclear charge model, has been tested. A test flight taking place at the Tonopah National Laboratories training ground in Nevada was filmed.
Dropped from a height of almost 7 km, a model of a nuclear bomb remained in the air for 55 seconds. Until the moment she fell to her destination at the bottom of the lake, a press release said on the agency’s website.
It was noted that all test tests were conducted taking into account the requirements of productive use and safety.
The charge power exceeds one megaton in TNT equivalent. According to the agency, they plan to equip B-52 Stratofortress, B-2 Spirit bombers, as well as F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II bombers.
Recently, a US aircraft developer Textrton Aviation made a presentation of a test flight test flight its largest aircraft. The Cessna 408 SkyCourier spent more than 2 hours in the air.
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Dropped from a height of almost 7 km, a model of a nuclear bomb remained in the air for 55 seconds. Until the moment she fell to her destination at the bottom of the lake, a press release said on the agency’s website.
It was noted that all test tests were conducted taking into account the requirements of productive use and safety.
The charge power exceeds one megaton in TNT equivalent. According to the agency, they plan to equip B-52 Stratofortress, B-2 Spirit bombers, as well as F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II bombers.
Recently, a US aircraft developer Textrton Aviation made a presentation of a test flight test flight its largest aircraft. The Cessna 408 SkyCourier spent more than 2 hours in the air.
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