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about America s Cold War doomsday weapon, SLAM. It was a nuclear-powered cruise missile that would have dropped nuclear bombs at predetermined locations while releasing radiation from its unshielded reactor and then crashed into an area when it was finished.

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Fun Fact: about America’s Cold War doomsday weapon, SLAM. It was a nuclear-powered cruise missile that would have dropped nuclear bombs at predetermined locations while releasing radiation from its unshielded reactor and then crashed into an area when it was finished.

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