Supposing the B-29s that landed in the USSR instead land elsewhere or crash so horrifically that little to nothing is salvagable from them, what is the effect on the Cold War and Soviet technological development?
Or perhaps based on the Heinkel 274Sone other design in place of the Tu-4. Maybe something based off the b-17 or 24.
In September 1943 the Tupolev OKB was asked to prepare a draft project and mock-up of a heavy high-altitude bomber with Shvetsov M-71TK-M radial engines, pressurized cabins, and a defensive armament of 20mm cannons. It was to have the following performance figures: maximum speed 500 km/h at 10,000 m; range 5,000 km at a speed of 400 km/h with a full bomb load; range 6,000 km with a bomb load of 7,000-8,000 kg; bomb bay capacity 10,000 kg.
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If they could get the plans for the Atomic Bomb, a bomber is child's playSupposing the B-29s that landed in the USSR instead land elsewhere or crash so horrifically that little to nothing is salvagable from them, what is the effect on the Cold War and Soviet technological development?
Actually not. They already had the basic research for atomic research, the breakthrough was getting the math right for 'explosive lenses' and realising how that improved the power of a small amount of fissile material. That combined with some basic chemical engineering processing on a massive scale (something the Soviets had proven themselves good at) provided the bomb. The spying helped focus them on the paths that were successful instead of having to figure them out by making mistakes.If they could get the plans for the Atomic Bomb, a bomber is child's play
Dealing with UF6 isn't basic chemical engineering.Separating Plutonium from irradiated Uranium isn't basic Chemical Engineering.That combined with some basic chemical engineering processing
Dealing with UF6 isn't basic chemical engineering.Separating Plutonium from irradiated Uranium isn't basic Chemical Engineering.
Development on the Tu-64 would have continued. From my copy of Unflown Wings - Soviet/Russian Unrealised Aircraft Projects 1025-2010:
I thought that, like the story of the copied "damage repair patch" was a joke? I know the engineers were unhappy at being told to make a carbon copy rather than improve the design (many in the Bureau, including Tupolev himself, thought there were several areas where they could do better), and this led to some fairly annoyed jokes, whichn were then reported by the CIA as fact?When the Soviets copied B-29s, they made as few changes as they possibly could with Soviet engines and cannon instead of .50 cal machine guns. On the B-29 the center of the control wheels for the pilot and co-pilot had the Boeing logo on them, so did the first batches of the Tu-4s.
Or thisBasically looks like this Soviet aircraft was 'inspired' by the Me 264...
The backup plan of the B-32 Dominator, without the pressurization and remote gun computer systems, was 123 million for the 100 or so examples built between Sand Diego and Fort Worth from existing B-24 lines. It was a shoestring, barely funded program, but still had the same range, speed and payload as the B-29. Toss another billion at Convair, and yeah, the remote guns and pressurization could have been worked out too.Don’t underestimate the complexity of the B-29. The program cost for design and manufacturing was about 3 Billion but the A-Bomb was about 2 Billion.
Don’t underestimate the complexity of the B-29. The program cost for design and manufacturing was about 3 Billion but the A-Bomb was about 2 Billion.
So the B-29 was not a small undertaking. And at the time the USSR had nothing even close to the B-29.
In the USSR, people at Wright would have been sent to the Gulag, or just plain shot for their effort on the R-3350
There is a resemblance:Basically looks like this Soviet aircraft was 'inspired' by the Me 264...
You sure? That doesn't look like any Douglas aircraft I can find in terms of the tail. I think that's a post-war design from another company that would have come after WW2 and the Soviets wouldn't have known about when designing the Tu-64.Or this
famous Douglas pre-war airliner. USSR was building the DC-2 under license, and received a good number of C-47s under LL![]()