LIST OF NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT

Below is a list of nuclear powered aircraft and concepts:

Name or designation	Manufacturer	Role	Nationality	Period
9M730 Burevestnik^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]		Cruise Missile	Russia	2018
Bell D-1007	Bell Textron	Helicopter	United States	1950s
Convair Model 23^[5]^[6]	Convair	Bomber	United States	1950s
Convair N-1	Convair	Bomber	United States	1950s
Convair N-2	Convair	Bomber	United States	1950s
Convair NB-36H^[7]^[1]	Convair	Bomber	United States	1950s
Convair NX-2 CAMAL^[8]	Convair	Bomber	United States	1950s
Convair X-6^[9]^[10]	Convair	Bomber	United States	1950s
De Havilland NP-3	De Havilland	Bomber	United Kingdom	1950s
De Havilland NP-4	De Havilland	Bomber	United Kingdom	1950s
Douglas Model 26^[11]	Douglas Aircraft Corporation	Bomber	United States	1950s
Douglas WS-125A	Douglas Aircraft Corporation	Bomber	United States	1950s
Fedorov nuclear plane	Fedorov	Spaceplane/Helicopter concept	Soviet Union	1920s
Hughes Interceptor	Hughes Aircraft Corporation	Interceptor	United States	1950s
Lockheed CL-195	Lockheed Corporation		United States	1950s
Lockheed CL-1201^[12]	Lockheed Corporation	Transport	United States	1960s
Lockheed L-248-3^[13]	Lockheed Corporation		United States	1950s
Myasischev M-30^[14]	Myasischev		Soviet Union	1950s
Myasischev M-60^[15]	Myasischev		Soviet Union	1950s
Northrop N-34^[16]	Northrop Corporation		United States	1950s
Northrop N-108^[16]	Northrop Corporation		United States	1950s
Supersonic Low Altitude Missile^[1]			United States	1964
Tupolev Tu-95LAL^[1]	Tupolev		Soviet Union	1950s
Tupolev Tu-119^[17]	Tupolev		Soviet Union	1950s
WS-125^[18]			United States	1950s

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Trakimavičius, Lukas. "The Future Role of Nuclear Propulsion in the Military" (PDF). NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
^ Panda, Ankit [@nktpnd] (20 November 2018). "Update from a source: Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile has a NATO designator – SSC-X-9 SKYFALL. (USIC also calls this missile the KY30.)" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Russian nuclear engineers buried after 'Skyfall nuclear' blast". Al Jazeera. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ Lendon, Brad (20 July 2018). "Russia shows off new weapons after Trump summit". CNN. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
^ Bradley, Robert, 2010. Convair Advanced Designs: Secret Projects from San Diego 1923-1962. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press. ISBN 9781580071338
^ Buttler, Tony (2010). American Secret Projects: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945 to 1974. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-331-0.^{[
page needed]}
^ "Convair NB-36H "The Crusader"". National Museum of the US Air Force. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
^ "NX-2_ANP_1951-1961_Convair_Nuclear_Propulsion_Jet.PDF" – via docs.google.com.
^ Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Defense (February 1963). Report to the Congress of the United States – Review of manned aircraft nuclear propulsion program (PDF). The Comptroller General of the United States. p. 141. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
^ "Nuclear Powered Aircraft", Radiation works, Brookings Institution, archived from the original on March 2, 2006.
^ AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS BOMBERS, ATTACK AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT 1945 TO 1974, Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-331-0 page 94.
^ Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1-85780-320-4.^{[
page needed]}
^ Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1-85780-320-4.^{[
page needed]}
^ "M-30 Draft strategic bomber - RedStar". www.redstar.gr.
^ "М-60 В.М.Мясищева". www.testpilot.ru.
^ ^a ^b Flying Wings and Radical Things, page 262.
^ Buttler & Gordon 2004, pp. 79–80
^ "Aviation History: The airplane that never was". www.aopa.org. January 1, 2018.

Bibliography

Buttler, Tony; Gordon, Yefim (2004). "Chapter 6: Nuclear Power and Flying Wings". Soviet secret projects : Bombers since 1945. Hinckley: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-194-6. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

[auto1-1] Trakimavičius, Lukas. "The Future Role of Nuclear Propulsion in the Military" (PDF). NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. Retrieved 2021-10-15.

[2] Panda, Ankit [@nktpnd] (20 November 2018). "Update from a source: Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile has a NATO designator – SSC-X-9 SKYFALL. (USIC also calls this missile the KY30.)" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.

[AlJazeera20190813-3] "Russian nuclear engineers buried after 'Skyfall nuclear' blast". Al Jazeera. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

[:0-4] Lendon, Brad (20 July 2018). "Russia shows off new weapons after Trump summit". CNN. Retrieved 2018-07-20.

[5] Bradley, Robert, 2010. Convair Advanced Designs: Secret Projects from San Diego 1923-1962. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press. ISBN 9781580071338

[6] Buttler, Tony (2010). American Secret Projects: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945 to 1974. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-331-0.^{[
page needed]}

[afmuseum-7] "Convair NB-36H "The Crusader"". National Museum of the US Air Force. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2017-07-09.

[8] "NX-2_ANP_1951-1961_Convair_Nuclear_Propulsion_Jet.PDF" – via docs.google.com.

[nukereview-9] Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Defense (February 1963). Report to the Congress of the United States – Review of manned aircraft nuclear propulsion program (PDF). The Comptroller General of the United States. p. 141. Retrieved January 24, 2012.

[radiationworks-10] "Nuclear Powered Aircraft", Radiation works, Brookings Institution, archived from the original on March 2, 2006.

[11] AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS BOMBERS, ATTACK AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT 1945 TO 1974, Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-331-0 page 94.

[flyingwings-12] Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1-85780-320-4.^{[
page needed]}

[flyingwings2-13] Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1-85780-320-4.^{[
page needed]}

[14] "M-30 Draft strategic bomber - RedStar". www.redstar.gr.

[15] "М-60 В.М.Мясищева". www.testpilot.ru.

[fwrt-16] Flying Wings and Radical Things, page 262.

[ButtlerBomb-17] Buttler & Gordon 2004, pp. 79–80

[18] "Aviation History: The airplane that never was". www.aopa.org. January 1, 2018.

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