Project Pluto's full name was the Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (SLAM), designed to travel at Mach 3—over 2,300 miles per hour—at treetop level. Its unshielded nuclear ramjet engine was successfully tested on the ground in Nevada, proving the technology could work. The Tory II-C test reactor achieved a power output of ~461 megawatts~. However, the missile's unique characteristics created new nightmares: it would have been deafeningly loud, detectable from miles away, and its exhaust would have

Pluton #GlaucioGomes #tank #coldwar Loading and firing of the Pluton missile. | Regimento de Blindados & Cia.