The US military once blasted airships with nukes on balloons to see if they could drop nuclear bombs on submarines and survive

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A picture from nuclear tests, codenamed Stokes, involving airships in 1957 during Operation Plumbbob.
A picture from nuclear tests, codenamed Stokes, involving airships in 1957 during Operation Plumbbob.

National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office

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