Tupolev Tu-119

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The Tu-119 (Tu-95LAL) was a modified Tupolev Tu-95 bomber aircraft which began testing in 1965 to see if the use of a nuclear reactor could power a practically limitlessly ranged bomber nuclear aircraft.

By some sources it was equipped with Kuznetsov NK-12 outboard engines, and Kuznetsov NK-14 inboard nuclear powered engines, although its nuclear reactor did not help in the actual flight of the aircraft.

Some sources claim that the aircraft could stay in the air for around 48 hours, or for as long as the air crew could survive the radiation emitted by the reactor.

Although some Western intelligence agencies claimed that the Tu-119 was successfully tested, once more reliable information was available, it was discovered that the Tu-119 was only tested and never put into serial production.