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Nuclear-powered Ramjet Cruise Missile: LASV-N1 (Progress Report 1963)

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This film describes component development and testing supporting a nuclear reactor powered supersonic ramjet cruise missile weapons system, aka Project Pluto Courtesy of The US National Archives (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/69496) 342 usaf 38912 Contents: - 00:00 Titles - 00:42 Timeline - 02:56 Introduction - 04:04 Map of industrial team - 05:22 Scale models and windtunnels - 08:13 Other aerodynamic tests - 10:18 More scale model testing - 12:56 General Atomics shielding tests - 14:31 Rad-hardened high-temperature servo controllers - 17:00 Component and systems testing (bearings, sealants) - 19:17 Radiation testing of avionics subsystems - 20:13 Computerized data management (SDS-920) - 21:55 Highly reliable radiation resistant digital computer testing - 25:22 Antenna and communications testing - 26:11 Radiation hardened gyroscopes - 27:00 Outro

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