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The nuclear powered flying aircraft carrier too insane to exist - Lockheed’s CL 1201

In 1969, Lockheed dreamed up the CL-1201, a nuclear-powered aircraft so massive it could carry its own fleet of jets and missiles into battle. With a wingspan of over 1,100 feet, it would have dwarfed ...
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Inside Lockheed’s 6,000-ton nuclear attack carrier concept

What if the U.S. Air Force had a flying nuclear-powered carrier? In the 1960s, Lockheed proposed just that with the CL-1201 a massive aircraft that could stay airborne for weeks, providing a mobile ...