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Would be highly classified. one of the experts that we have spoken of are aware of such a program. the u.s. does not have this technology. although not for lack of trying. the u.s. did attempt a supersonic low altitude missiles in the 60s, an effort called project pluto. a missile that could fly from weeks on skpepbd carry nuclear war heads deep into enemy territory. the project was canceled in 1964 due in part to questions about the viability and also because it was considered too dangerous. >> sarah harman live in london for us. thanks, sarah. >> next hour, congressional democrats call for a...

Like in the '50s and in the '60s and it was a complete disaster? and if so why is russia trying to do it now? joining us is geoff cirincione, president of the plow shares fund. >> pleasure to be back with you, rachel. >> am i right that the united states tried something crazy like this half a century ago? >> yes. starting in the 1950s, ending in 1964 we had something called project pluto which was a very large nuclear-powered cruise missile. the idea was you'd put a reactor in the back of this missile unshielded. so it would spew radiation wherever the missile went. we would carry multiple bom...

States tried something crazy like this half a century ago? >> yes. starting in the 1950s, ending in 1964 we had something called project pluto which was a very large nuclear-powered cruise missile. the idea was you'd put a reactor in the back of this missile unshielded. so it would spew radiation wherever the missile went. we would carry multiple bombs and the idea was it would loiter over the target area, russia, for weeks or even months, dropping bombs and radiating large portions of that country. we finally decided that that was too cruel, too insane, too ridiculous and we didn't need, it w...