SLAM, Project Pluto and the Uninhabited Nuclear Bomber

by Hugh Harkins

SLAMConceived in the late 1950's as a Mach 3+ global range nuclear warhead delivery system, the Chance Vought SLAM (Supersonic Low Altitude Missile), powered by a ramjet engine propelled by a nuclear reactor developed under Project Pluto, can be considered an unrealised anachronism of the Cold War era. This was a period when human kind proved its ingenuity in many fields, including, unfortunately, that of provisioning the ability to destroy itself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903630509
• ISBN13: 9781903630501
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Centurion Publishing
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"