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The granddaddy of insanely bad ideas has to go to Project Pluto.quote:The proposed use for nuclear-powered ramjets would be to power a cruise missile, called SLAM, for Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. In order to reach ramjet speed, it would be launched from the ground by a cluster of conventional rocket boosters. Once it reached cruising altitude and was far away from populated areas, the nuclear reactor would be made critical. Since nuclear power gave it almost unlimited range, the missile could cruise in circles over the ocean until ordered "down to the deck" for its supersonic dash to targets in the Soviet Union. The SLAM as proposed would carry a payload of many nuclear weapons to be dropped on multiple targets, making the cruise missile into an unmanned bomber. After delivering all its warheads, the missile could then spend weeks flying over populated areas at low altitudes, causing tremendous ground damage with its shock wave. When it finally lost enough power to fly, and crash-landed, the engine would have a good chance of spewing deadly radiation for months to come. "Death form above" would be putting it mildly.
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Not a weapon per se, but check out the WASP injection knife. The bane of sharks, deflated basket balls, & ah.. apparently vicious watermelons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa_NC-_fvKs
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blunt for century posted:Get the engineers for Porsche to assist in making the A-10 mark 2 (A-11?) so it's pretty much the same thing but better Radar, fire control systems, and ejection seat would be considered add ons if that happened.
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