List of nuclear-powered aircraft

Below is a list of nuclear powered aircraft and concepts:

Name or designation Manufacturer Role Nationality Period Notability
9M730 Burevestnik[1][2][3]

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 Cruise Missile  Russia 2018
Bell D-1007 Bell Textron Helicopter  United States 1950s
Convair Model 23[5][6] Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair N-1 Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair N-2 Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair NB-36H[7][1] Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair NX-2 CAMAL[8] Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair X-6[9][10] Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
De Havilland NP-3 De Havilland Bomber  United Kingdom 1950s
De Havilland NP-4 De Havilland Bomber  United Kingdom 1950s
Douglas Model 26[11] Douglas Aircraft Corporation Bomber  United States 1950s
Douglas WS-125A Douglas Aircraft Corporation Bomber  United States 1950s
Fedorov nuclear plane Fedorov Spaceplane/Helicopter concept  Soviet Union 1920s
Hughes Interceptor Hughes Aircraft Corporation Interceptor  United States 1950s
Lockheed CL-195 Lockheed Corporation  United States 1950s
Lockheed CL-1201[12] Lockheed Corporation Transport  United States 1960s
Lockheed L-248-3[13] Lockheed Corporation  United States 1950s
Myasischev M-30[14] Myasischev  Soviet Union 1950s
Myasischev M-60[15] Myasischev  Soviet Union 1950s
Northrop N-34[16] Northrop Corporation  United States 1950s
Northrop N-108[17] Northrop Corporation  United States 1950s
Supersonic Low Altitude Missile[1]  United States 1964
Tupolev Tu-95LAL[1] Tupolev  Soviet Union 1950s
WS-125[18]  United States 1950s

References
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  2. Panda, Ankit [@nktpnd] (20 November 2018). "Update from a source: Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile has a NATO designator – SSC-X-9 SKYFALL. (USIC also calls this missile the KY30.)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "Russian nuclear engineers buried after 'Skyfall nuclear' blast". Al Jazeera. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  4. Lendon, Brad (20 July 2018). "Russia shows off new weapons after Trump summit". CNN. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  5. Bradley, Robert, 2010. Convair Advanced Designs: Secret Projects from San Diego 1923-1962. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press.
  6. Buttler, Tony (2010). American Secret Projects: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945 to 1974. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-331-0.
  7. "Convair NB-36H "The Crusader"". National Museum of the US Air Force. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2017-07-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "NX-2_ANP_1951-1961_Convair_Nuclear_Propulsion_Jet.PDF".
  9. Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Defense (February 1963). Report to the Congress of the United States – Review of manned aircraft nuclear propulsion program (PDF). The Comptroller General of the United States. p. 141. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  10. "Nuclear Powered Aircraft", Radiation works, Brookings Institution, archived from the original on March 2, 2006.
  11. AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS BOMBERS, ATTACK AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT 1945 TO 1974, page 94.
  12. Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1-85780-320-4.
  13. Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft
  14. "M-30 Draft strategic bomber - RedStar".
  15. "М-60 В.М.Мясищева".
  16. Flying Wings and Radical Things, page 262.
  17. Flying Wings and Radical Things, page 262.
  18. "Aviation History: The airplane that never was". www.aopa.org. January 1, 2018.
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