Lockheed’s CL-1201 was one of the most extreme military aircraft concepts ever proposed, a nuclear powered giant designed to stay airborne for weeks while carrying parasite fighters, missiles, troops, ...

The Cold War was a difficult time, with elementary school children practicing "Duck and Cover" nuclear attack drills while some families set up fallout shelters in their homes and yards. The chief ...

In 1969, Lockheed studied an aircraft so large it could carry thousands of troops, fly for weeks without landing, and act as a command center and weapons platform. The CL-1201 concept used nuclear ...