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F-15E drops a B-61

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Time to break out the sun block!

 

"When you see the flash, it is already too late..."

Edited by ironroad

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I don't know, I really can't imagine dropping a nuke from a small plane like that. It's pretty much a one-way trip if you do.

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In the CW you would likely have flown through too much radiation on the way there so it wouldn't matter.

 

There are methods for employment and avoiding the blast - though whether they work or not..........

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This is some of the ways how the Soviets planed to use their tactical nukes from planes like the Su-7b.  I believe that our fighters from the same time would use similar methods when at low altitude, and a parachute delayed bomb when attacking from higher up:     

 

http://www.16va.be/page_labs_110.html

http://www.16va.be/page_toss_bombing.html

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