Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Film #49

0800049 - The Defense Atomic Support Agency Presents Technical Training Film Bulletin Number 45, Part II - Talos Missile Handling, Cruiser Installation - No Date - 13:00 - Black&White and Color - The Talos missile, fired from a Navy Cruiser, could carry either a conventional or nuclear warhead. The Mark 30 warhead was designed specifically for Talos.

The video shows the warhead being tested and mated with the missile. The missile was then stored until it was connected with the booster. After it was checked out and the wings and fins were installed, the missile was ready to be fired. The Talos had the capability to destroy air or surface targets.

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• cancer

[navyboydjray]

Amazing stuff. The cold war was a very interesting time in history.

[BrotherDevious]

No wonder this stuff is so expensive.

[DMDS1991]

@navyboydjray Indeed, Although I find the American Revolution a more interesting time period.

[rossco1966]

@oxjmanxo it works

[oxjmanxo]

I love the 1950s logic of throw a nuke on it. It is so wreckless.

[jwaustinmunguy]

@JetMechMA You don't exactly rattle off salvo after salvo of nukes. They have enough 'ready' ammunition to support the ops they train for. The people on the receiving end are not expected to shoot back.

[JetMechMA]

Whoa !....WAY too complex for fast battle action. DANG !

[dvamateur]

@wysoft That's called stock footage/music, I suppose. Anyway, today's PC made music isn't that much better...

[justiakas]

yeah, how much money did they waste on that shit... hard to imagine. and just think about poor beggars russkies trying to keep the pace, spending everything they have to build war toys destined to rust to dust.

[wysoft]

@Dominoes282 Look at almost any US Government film from that era, even internal DoD, Army, Navy, etc. videos - they all have ridiculous canned musical accompaniment. Just the way they did it back then.

[declaration963]

at that time, US Have TALOS, Russian have LUNA, same concept of missile but LUNA launch from the ground.

[SWASDN]

My father worked on Talos Missiles on the USS Longbeach