Aren’t those B-52’s getting a little long in the tooth?
Do they scare China?
“Aren’t those B-52’s getting a little long in the tooth? Do they scare China?”
But, but, we have the B2, 132 of them!
Oh wait - peace has broken out, cut that 75.
Oh wait - The End of History has arrived, cut that to 21, and destroy the tooling
Oh wait - One crashed, so we have a grand total of 20 B2’s and now we want to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!
The B52’s are long range platforms for long range missiles. So they are very relevant in a Pacific Air-Naval war. They would be able to operate from bases far out of Chinese interdiction range, and shoot their missiles from beyond interception range.
The Warthog is a short range tactical weapon. It would be of use, maybe, if based on Taiwan, to attack a Chinese invasion fleet. But it wouldnt be very survivable under those circumstances. Their bases would be bombarded by the Chinese. The A-10 would suffer high casualties vs Chinese missiles and SAMs.