Nuclear Armed “Super Sidewinder”

[+dtmdragon]

The Navy Nearly Built A Nuclear Armed “Super Sidewinder” Air-To-Air Missile:

https://www.twz.com/air/the-navy-nearly-built-a-nuclear-armed-super-sidewinder-air-to-air-missile

[+Gepard]

Good finding. Very interesting.

In the 1950th nobody has really realized what the use of nuclear weapons means. For them the nuke was only a big shell with big blast. Thatswhy they developed small nuclear weapons for tactical use, like anti aircraft missiles, mortar or artillery ammo or mines.

Later, when the side effects of nukes became obviesly, some of this ideas were abandoned. The nuke Sidewinder was one of this projects,

 

[+ravenclaw_007]

another nuclear A/A missile the AIM-68 Big-Q , the outer wing part was folded into the main wing and extended at launch , Seeker was from the AIM-4 , 20 full bodys where build but no flight test conducted , project was cancelled in 1966

 

Edited February 5 by ravenclaw_007

[jokino]

In the first decades following the development of nuclear weapons, understanding of their effects and strategic use was still developing.

 

 Tutuapp

Edited April 5 by jokino