XB-70 Valkyrie: The Cold War's Experimental Nuclear Aircraft

Amid the heat of the cold war, both the US and Russia experimented with several different types of advanced nuclear jets, including a variant that was actually powered by a nuclear reactor. The prototypes were mothballed long before the Reagan and Gorbachev could ever sit down for brunch together, leaving modern military historians to wonder if planes like the XB 70 were a success or a failure... Simon's Social Media: Twitter: twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: youtube.com/user/toptenznet Biographics:    / @biographics   Visual Politik:    / @visualpolitiken   Highlight History:    / @highlighthistory   Geographics:    / @geographicstravel   Business Blaze:    / @brainblaze6526