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

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.