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Lockheed's 1,120-foot nuclear giant designed to fly for 21 days - CL-1201

In 1969, Lockheed proposed the CL-1201, a nuclear-powered aircraft with a 1,120-foot wingspan and an ambition to stay ...
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Lockheed’s CL-1201 aimed to be a nuclear flying battleship

In the late stages of the Cold War, when nuclear optimism and strategic anxiety peaked together, Lockheed engineers quietly sketched out an aircraft so vast and so heavily armed that it blurred the ...
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This Lockheed Flying Aircraft Carrier Concept Would Have Been Terrifying

The Cold War was a difficult time, with elementary school children practicing "Duck and Cover" nuclear attack drills while some families set up fallout shelters in their homes and yards. The chief ...
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A Nuclear-Powered Flying Aircraft Carrier? The U.S. Military Designed One

Flying aircraft carriers were not just the dreams of the writers of Doctor Who and Marvel’s The Avengers. They were a real concept created by the United States at the height of the Cold War. Back in ...