1961 ... B-53 for the B-58!


... the B-53 thermo-nuclear weapon; a 10 megaton 'crowd-pleaser' shown next to the weapons pod of a B-58 'Hustler' supersonic bomber. The bomb would be carried inside and dropped as part of the weapons pod. Hence the lack of fins etc.

photo credit: not the fake nate 


 

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