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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:*Ponders* repository for nuclear waste? :? Probably wrong...
Kind of, but there's a little more to it. They are a very specific type of nuclear waste....

Hint 2 : The shape of the "containers" is very important.
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GrahamKennedy wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:*Ponders* repository for nuclear waste? :? Probably wrong...
Kind of, but there's a little more to it. They are a very specific type of nuclear waste....

Hint 2 : The shape of the "containers" is very important.
For US Naval vessels?
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:*Ponders* repository for nuclear waste? :? Probably wrong...
Kind of, but there's a little more to it. They are a very specific type of nuclear waste....

Hint 2 : The shape of the "containers" is very important.
For US Naval vessels?
Yep. Specifically, those are the reactor compartments of decommissioned US nuclear submarines. That's why they're all cylinders - those are hull sections. :)
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GrahamKennedy wrote: Yep. Specifically, those are the reactor compartments of decommissioned US nuclear submarines. That's why they're all cylinders - those are hull sections. :)
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Okay, another one. What's this and why does it look so weirdly cool?

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Ram jet?
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That's a type of propulsion not a plane.
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Fine. A plane with a ram jet?
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Nope. It's a regular jet. Judging by its appearance and the fact it has the classic buffed metal style it is from the 50's. Also USAF
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Well it look very short, like the sort of plane that is carried up by another plane, not one that launches itself. Which is a hallmark of attempted Ramjets.

What ever it is I'm betting it is launched from either a larger plane/rocket or slingshot.
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It kinda looks like an American attempt to copy the Me-163 rocket fighter.
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One of the successors to the Bell X-1?
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GrahamKennedy wrote:Okay, another one. What's this and why does it look so weirdly cool?

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It's the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter :)
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It's a GoBot version...
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