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Here's What Nobody's Telling You About The "Missing Scientists" Cases A dozen American scientists tied to nuclear weapons, propulsion, and aerospace research have died or vanished in three years. The FBI has finally opened a "holistic review." A working engineer's look at the signal-to-noise ratio. An investigative feature  |  April 2026 The question on the table On April 21, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent letters to the FBI, the Department of Energy, the Department of War, and NASA demanding answers about a list of "scientists and other personnel connected to U.S. nuclear secrets or rocket technology who have died or mysteriously vanished in recent years." 1 Two days later, FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News the bureau would "spearhead the effort to look for connections." 2 President Trump, asked about the cases, called them "pretty serious stuff" and said he hoped it was...

  Naval Institute Style · Technical Note on Propulsion Acoustics PROCEEDINGS Vol. LXXXII Annapolis · Independent Forum No. VI Acoustic Signature · Reactor Architecture · Generation IV The Coolant Pump Problem Battery-electric propulsion is physically quieter than any pressurized-water reactor because the PWR cannot stop circulating primary coolant and the battery has nothing moving at all. The question for the next twenty years is whether molten salt reactors will rewrite that inequality. By Stephen “Pseudo Publius” · Third in the German-Diesel Series · Technical Note —— BLUF —— A well-built battery-and-electric-motor propulsion train has no continuous primary machinery noise at patrol speeds. It is, by construction, quieter than any pressurized-water reactor, which must maintain forced circulation of its primary coolant under normal operating conditions. This is a physical constraint of the PWR fuel-rod ...