Radio War Nerd EP 284 — The XB-70 Valkyrie, Part I (with Annibale)

What this episode covers

Guest: Annibale Recorded: June 18, 2021 RWN's highly decorated guest Annibale joins us for a two-part mondo hardware series on the American XB-70 supersonic bomber, an astonishing feat of mid-century aerospace engineering that was scrapped. In part one, we discuss the background of the XB-70 and prevailing nuclear war strategy of the 1950s and 60s. Follow Annibale on Twitter . Listen to Annibale's RWN series: Italy's Years Of Lead ( #134 , #135 , #136 , #139 ); Italian Resistance in WW2 ( #131 ); Italy on the Eastern Front in WWII ( #226 , #227 , #228 , #231 , #236 ); Venetian Empire ( #207 , #208 , #209 , #214 ); The Hundred Years War ( #175 , #176 , #177 , #180 , #182 , #183 ), The 1970 Borghese Coup ( #264 , #265 ). Buy John Dolan's book "The War Nerd Iliad" and his audiobook "Pleasant Hell" . Interlude music by Brendon Anderegg. Check out his group Mountains here . Total time: 1:35:32 Direct link to this episode here .

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