[C19fan]

The new system allows the H model to deliver guided munitions.

[exnavy]

Awesome American military might.

[rey]

Wow. Through 2040!

[MNJohnnie]

Sweet!

[PIF]

Upgraded Boeing B-52 rotary launcher

Carrying more MALD decoys creates a whole new role for the B-52, because those weapons are designed to replicate the flight path and radar signature of American combat jets to distract air defence systems. The newer version, designated MALD-J, can switch to jamming mode to suppress those same air defences, using a closely-guarded electronic warfare payload.

[BwanaNdege]

On 16 January 1991, seven Boeing B-52Gs fully loaded with AGM-86C conventional air-launched cruise missiles took flight from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana on a top-secret mission to destroy targets inside Iraq.

Could you give a bit more detail so we're SURE that it was TOP SECRET?

/S

[JJ_Folderol]

>>> The upgrade comes as the air force tried to keep its remaining 76 H-model B-52s combat-relevant through 2040 as the classified Northrop Grumman long-range strike bomber (LRS-B) enters service <<<

What’s that: 80-90 years in service?

[GreenLanternCorps]

[Navy Patriot]

Boeing B-52 evolves again with guided weapons launcher

Good, the 52 is solid American exceptionalism, and always gets the job done.

If only we had a President and Vice President that were that were American.

[r_barton]

Yea, my ‘67 Ford was a really good car for its time, but the world has moved on.

America needs a good conventional bomber to replace the B-52. It’s time. The B-1 and B-2 have their high tech places, but a modern conventional bomber is needed.