Talk:Project Pluto

message: You would not stand next to it when it was running, but is it really such a strong emitter that as it flies past at supersonic speed it kills people with radiation?
Like neutron bombs, I question whether the radiation would severely affect anyone who was not damaged worse by the shock wave.
This is without considering the actual energies and radius involved, becuase I have neither figures nor the right mathematics for it, but it seems likely that being say 700 m from it would not be unduly hazardous.  In order to deliver 400 REM to someone standing within 700m it would need to deliver that dose to them within 2 seconds or less (sound is 700m/s isn't it?).   It may be worth doing the actual sums on that.Midgley 15:27, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This is where my understanding of the issue disagrees with the article; I was under the impression that the exhaust from the missile was radioactive (due to problems with ablative shielding). If that were the case, than a form of nuclear fallout would effectively be left behind wherever the missile flew, and would indeed contaminate areas for some time to come. But if I'm mistaken, then I'd agree with you and I can't see how the missile could cause a lot of damage... -User:Lommer | talk 22:33, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Danger zone from radiation?

message: This is really nice that so much work was put into this article. It really gives the subject some depth on the Wiki.  I linked Supersonic Low Altitude Missile to this one, and delisted P.P. from the Category:Cruise missiles, as it was just the engine, and not the missile itself.   
Maybe we should have a Category:Tactical aeronautical powerplants, or something.  –– Clarknova 18:11, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kudos 

message: "Since nuclear power gave it almost unlimited range, the missile could cruise in circles over the ocean until ordered "down to the deck" for its supersonic dash to targets in the Soviet Union." - Wikipedia article.
"Since nuclear power gave it almost unlimited range, the missile could cruise in circles over the ocean until ordered "down to the deck" for its supersonic dash to targets in the Soviet Union." - Gregg Herken article.
This entry just seems to be bits and pieces strung together from the Herken article. There are many more instances of the entry using directly copied lines from the article.
Omegashade 03:08, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Not surprising considering I copied the initial article verbatim from , and according to  "Information presented on these pages are considered public information and may be distributed or copied." Do you know if Herken is the original author, or did he copy this source too? Bryan 03:35, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source? 

message: http://www.oobject.com/nuclear-powered-transportation/nuclear-reactor-for-ramjet-icbm/2071/
Sourced from  (archive of missing .mil site) --Apoc2400 (talk) 09:32, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  An other image 

message: Can't find anything where we're meant to talk about merging this article with something about low altitude cruise missiles, but a link from the page said "Discuss" and I clicked it.
...that is, I clicked it to say that I think it would be a terrible idea. Not sure that's really necessary, mind you, having looked at the talk page; no one here seems to be seriously considering merging the two articles. So I wonder why it was brought up at all? This is pretty clearly a page about a nuclear-powered ramjet, almost completely unrelated to any low-altitude cruise missiles except in that such an engine could conceivably be used to power one.
So can someone take that silly merge thing off now? :)
...if not, let's just say my vote is, "No. Do not merge." >.>  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Archer884 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I was the one who added the suggestion to merge (though I forgot to note it here), mostly because the two articles are essentially duplicates. Hellbus (talk) 02:14, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger thingy? 

message: At the time of this posting, there are no Wikipedia references to document that a nuclear ramjet ever existed. Accordingly, this article needs an acknowledgment that at some time, Project Pluto went black again.
Given the lack of any sources, it is very easy to argue that no nuclear ramjet ever existed, considering the documented difficulty of developing Ramjets. On the other hand, is is obvious to anyone with a technical background, that once a working nuclear ramjet was developed, it would never be abandoned, only refined and improved. 
Either way, it should be important to document when the last verifiable reference became unavailable, or to document that, while widely discussed in the "skunk works" community, no authoritative reference is available.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chinux (talk • contribs) 05:28, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nuclear ramjet technology is black again. 

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