Why World’s Fastest Strategic Bomber ‘XB-70 Valkyrie’ Never Made It Through & Ended Up Being A Tourists Delight?
on November 26, 2020
By Mansij Asthana
Over the course of its history, the United States Air Force has seen the development of an array of top-notch aircraft. A few of them, however, could never really take flight despite being destined for great things. The XB-70 Valkyrie is one such aircraft.
Developed by North American Aviation, the XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber was meant to serve as the backbone of the USAF’s Strategic Air Command (SAC).
During the early years of the Cold War, before there was a reliance on intercontinental ballistic missiles, strategic bombers were the primary means of delivering nuclear missiles.
There was a need for a large strategic bomber to deliver the nuclear weapons to locations inside the erstwhile Soviet Union. The new bomber had to be very fast, with the ability to carry large nuclear payloads. It had to carry enough fuel to reach targets within the Soviet Union and then come back.
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