Head of a Russian defense major claims U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane is a secret nuclear bomber!
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The head of a major Russian defense contractor Almaz-Antey recently said the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned X-37B spaceplane is a secret space bomber that can drop nuclear warheads from orbit.
While the possibility that the X-37, and other aircraft based on similar technologies, could be used for nuke delivery, has been raised multiple times, this time it is coming from a person who has expertise in this field.
Viewers may note that Almaz-Antey is the designer famous S-400 Trumf air defense system.
The Boeing-made X-37B is an unmanned, reusable spacecraft that takes off vertically and lands horizontally on a runway.
The U.S. Air Force, which owns two X-37B vehicles, has refrained from disclosing the exact capabilities of the X-37B and what it does during its extended time in space, apart from hosting scientific experiments.
In this video Defense Updates analyzes why Russia is scared of secretive American X-37B spaceplane?
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The #X37B is currently on its sixth mission for the @USAirForce and @SpaceForceDoD. Its previous research mission lasted a record 780 days. It has logged more than 2,865 days on orbit.
Learn more about X-37B: https://t.co/d5H7Z2AApl pic.twitter.com/5dRGJYKily
— The Boeing Company (@Boeing) August 13, 2020
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/55653
https://www.airspacemag.com/space/spaceplane-x-37-180957777/
Air Force gives a rare look at the research going to orbit in its X-37B spaceplane
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9459107/usa-x37b-space-plane-spying-photos/
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2020/10/25/trump-administration-slams-nato-ally-turkey-for-test-firing-s-400-air-defense-system/