Winston
Lorenzo von Matterhorn
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Artist's conception of two programs cancelled after significant development - B-70 supersonic bombers with GAM-87 Skybolt standoff missiles externally carried.
GAM-87 Skybolt
Aerojet General two-stage solid-fuel rocket
Operational range - 1,150 miles (1,850 km)
Flight ceiling - >300 miles (480 km)
Speed - 9,500 miles per hour (15,300 km/h)
W59 thermonuclear warhead - 1MT (550 pounds (250 kg)- a yield-to-weight ratio of 4 kiloton per kilogram - same warhead used on Minuteman I)
History of the GAM-87 SKYBOLT Air-to-Surface Ballistic Missile
https://www.docdroid.net/aVV9wzP/history-of-the-gam-87-skybolt-missile.pdf
[video=youtube;0Z0RJFJaoAY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z0RJFJaoAY[/video]
[video=youtube;qzAWfFJqaQc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzAWfFJqaQc[/video]
XB-70 in USAF Museum:
360 degree cockpit view:
https://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/cockpits/RD_tour/RD-9.html
https://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/cockpits/RD_tour/RD-10.html
360 degree Electronic Equipment Compartment view:
https://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/cockpits/RD_tour/RD-11.html
GAM-87 Skybolt
Aerojet General two-stage solid-fuel rocket
Operational range - 1,150 miles (1,850 km)
Flight ceiling - >300 miles (480 km)
Speed - 9,500 miles per hour (15,300 km/h)
W59 thermonuclear warhead - 1MT (550 pounds (250 kg)- a yield-to-weight ratio of 4 kiloton per kilogram - same warhead used on Minuteman I)
History of the GAM-87 SKYBOLT Air-to-Surface Ballistic Missile
https://www.docdroid.net/aVV9wzP/history-of-the-gam-87-skybolt-missile.pdf
[video=youtube;0Z0RJFJaoAY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z0RJFJaoAY[/video]
[video=youtube;qzAWfFJqaQc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzAWfFJqaQc[/video]
XB-70 in USAF Museum:
360 degree cockpit view:
https://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/cockpits/RD_tour/RD-9.html
https://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/cockpits/RD_tour/RD-10.html
360 degree Electronic Equipment Compartment view:
https://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/cockpits/RD_tour/RD-11.html