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To: Rabin
Rab fears the others have already been scrapped out beyond recall.

Germany made a critical tank production mistake in WW II: Instead of making large numbers of one proven model (the Panther), they wasted resources by fooling around with many different models (the Tiger, the Elephant, etc).

Is America following that same path? For example, would we be better off with 20 B-1's or 200 B-52's?

3 posted on 02/21/2015 8:26:05 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

We don’t have the tooling to build either B-1s or B-52s.

...or for that matter, A-10s.


4 posted on 02/21/2015 8:29:01 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: Leaning Right

JOBS!

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5 posted on 02/21/2015 8:30:21 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Leaning Right

200 B-52’s ?


Unfortunately, we signed a treaty with Moscow, decades ago, the 76 B-52s in service now, are the limit. There are 12 more sitting in the AZ bone yard, but the only way they can be put back in service, is if one of the existing ones is taken out. A fire on one at Barksdale caused it to be replaced, just this year, by a bone yard B-52, as it was cheaper to restore it, than to repair the damaged one.


8 posted on 02/21/2015 9:04:53 PM PST by jttpwalsh
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