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The Tupolev Tu-95LAL (Russian: Летающая Атомная Лаборатория – Letayushchaya Atomnaya Laboratoriya – flying nuclear laboratory) experimental aircraft was a modified Tupolev Tu-95 Soviet bomber aircraft which flew from 1961 to 1965 analogous to the United States’ earlier Convair NB-36H Crusader. It was intended to see if a nuclear reactor could be used to power an aircraft primarily testing airborne operation of a reactor and shielding for components and crew.

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