Thursday, November 26, 2009

One of China's top test pilots recalls ...

One of China’s top test pilots recalls a problem he had with an nuke.

H/T- War News Updates

On December 30, 1971, weather conditions were good. I took off from the airbase in the late morning and headed toward the target, ground zero at Lop Nor, three hundred kilometers (186 miles) away. I flew at 900 kilometers an hour (559 mph) and an altitude of 300 meters (984 feet), following the procedures we had established. Twelve kilometers (7.5 miles) from the target, I started my 45-degree-angle climb, and exactly at 1,200 meters (3,936 feet) released the bomb. Nothing happened!

[Via http://ericpalmer.wordpress.com]

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