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Fortunately, there was never any reason to detonate any more of the air-to-air nuclear rockets beyond the one tested over Yucca Flats in 1957.

Yet another major military innovation to come out of the Cold War. 

Yes, the Air Force Planned to Use Nuclear Weapons Against Nuclear Bombers Using nuclear weapons over your own airspace to defend yourself against nuclear attack is more than a little ironic. Key point: The Cold War was a time of all kinds of wild ideas. However, not all of those actually made sense. On July 19, 1957 five Air Force officers assembled in the open desert basin of the Yucca Flats of Nevada and glanced with nervous smiles up at a jet fighter flying high overhead.  They were accompanied by a civilian defense photographer wearing a baseball hat named George Yoshitake. The object o...

America Thought About Killing Russian Bomber by Nuking Them One way to be sure of hitting a bomber is to use one really, really large and powerful bomb. Key point: Using nuclear weapons to nuke incoming enemy nuclear bombers could perhaps work. However, needless to say that would also risk ironically nuking your own airspace in order to defend it. On July 19, 1957 five Air Force officers assembled in the open desert basin of the Yucca Flats of Nevada and glanced with nervous smiles up at a jet fighter flying high overhead.  They were accompanied by a civilian defense photographer wearing a...