Close-up of the worst US atomic bomber

Saab 35 Draken may be the most modern interceptor, but when it comes to bombers, that title will belong to the XB-70 Valkyrie , a giant bomber, super speed. negative, capable of deploying strategic nuclear weapons. This is indeed a giant plane.

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So far, only two aircraft have been built according to the US Air Force XB-70 Valkyrie aircraft project. The aim of the United States was to create an atomic bomber that could penetrate deep into Soviet territory at extremely high ultrasound and altitude speeds. Currently this project has been deleted. The Valkyrie has 6 engines, which can fly at the maximum speed Mach 3+ at 70,000 ft (21,000m). All Soviet fighters of that time could not reach this height.

Gizmodo site said it was hard to believe such a "super- heavy " plane was designed just a decade after the end of World War II.

In 1961, the US Air Force learned that the high-altitude surface-to-air missile could shoot down XB-70, just like what the U-2 did on Soviet airspace on May 1, 1960. At that time, the intercontinental ballistic missile was born, with the same or faster destructive power, the last drop of water that killed XB-70.

There is currently only one prototype of the XB-70 aircraft on display at the US Air Force National Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The other one was destroyed in a collision on August 6, 1966. Here are two photos of this plane before the accident.

The photo below was taken immediately after the collision. The fireball is the F-104 - the orange tail plane (above) touched Valkyrie's right wing before flipping up and destroying the XB-70's vertical stabilizer and the left wing.

The XB-70 quickly lost control, fell to the ground and the pilots had yet to escape. Video about the accident.

Reference: Gizmodo