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Show of Force: U.S. Flies Supersonic B-1B Bombers Over Korean Peninsula After Kim Jong-un Missile Test
Red State ^ | 11/19/2022 | Bob Hoge

Posted on 11/19/2022 9:27:04 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 11/19/2022 9:27:04 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Better than a strongly worded letter huh?


2 posted on 11/19/2022 9:29:07 PM PST by cranked
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To: SeekAndFind

Bullsqueeze. Chomo Joe saw a 12 year old Korean girl on the beach and wanted some pics.


3 posted on 11/19/2022 9:34:20 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: SeekAndFind
It's a sleek plane, but noisy as hell!
4 posted on 11/19/2022 9:37:41 PM PST by LVS1
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL
If Israelis can fly at will undetected in and out of Iran in F-35s, Flintstone Norks got no clue.


5 posted on 11/19/2022 10:16:57 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: LVS1

Beautiful aircraft, but zero stealth.


6 posted on 11/19/2022 10:47:46 PM PST by The Duke (Never Retreat, Never Surrender!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I assume there were preteen girls to sniff...


7 posted on 11/19/2022 11:12:18 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: The Duke
Beautiful aircraft, but zero stealth.

The B-1B has a radar cross section sitting between the F-15 (larger) and the F-16 (smaller). It was designed with early generation radar evading technology.

8 posted on 11/19/2022 11:28:53 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: SeekAndFind

I saw a B-1 do a show of force in Iraq. Low Level 600kts. Pretty cool.


9 posted on 11/19/2022 11:37:16 PM PST by Pocketdoor
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I seem to recall when Jimmy Carter cancelled it and then saw a cartoon in the paper with little ugly Amy on a swing with ropes down from the nose tip. Pretty funny. My guess is they’re still using this for crap shows like this because it’s too difficult staging B-2s to do it.


10 posted on 11/19/2022 11:41:14 PM PST by Gaffer
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Saw two of them flying over my house a few days back mid-morning probably out of Dyess. No transponders. No escorts. Wondered where they were going. Headed due West over NM. I wondered if it was SE Asia. Nothing else sounds like the Bone!

SS1


11 posted on 11/20/2022 1:13:40 AM PST by Spitzensparkin1 (Donate often, it is our FReeping ammo. Help keep the supply train rollin', be a monthly donor. )
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What if two lumbering subsonic bombers were flown instead of the B-1B bombers?  Would that be funny?

There're so many troll articles B-1B with bad engines, the reason why there weren't in the Desert Storm 1991.

Not really.  I was at a military air show.  I spoke to the pilots and maintenance crew of the B-1B bomber why they weren't in the Desert Storm 1991.  They all said they were flying 24/7 carrying nuclear bombs from Alaska to Greenland at the duration of the war in case the Russian would go interfere with the U.S. led coalation effort to kick Saddam out of Kuwait.

12 posted on 11/20/2022 1:49:54 AM PST by wannabegeek
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"It's a sleek plane, but noisy as hell!"

Every military jet I've ever seen has always been noisy. I guess there's some sort of tradeoff between loudness and performance, with performance being the winner.

The worst I've been near were AV-8B Harriers -- when going VTOL they let out a shriek that made my back teeth ache.

13 posted on 11/20/2022 3:34:11 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: The Duke

It’s stealth is the ability to fly supersonic below radar.


14 posted on 11/20/2022 4:16:51 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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Where’s the B-58 when you need it?


15 posted on 11/20/2022 4:48:42 AM PST by The Duke (Never Retreat, Never Surrender!)
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Beautiful aircraft, but zero stealth.

With modern missiles and bombs, it never has to enter NK air space.


16 posted on 11/20/2022 6:12:51 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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The kinda relationship the DoD Rats & Neocons want.


17 posted on 11/20/2022 7:26:25 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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From Wiki...

The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is to begin replacing the B-1B after 2025; all B-1s are planned to be retired by 2036...

B-21 Raider:

B-21 Raider artist rendering

18 posted on 11/20/2022 7:47:18 AM PST by zeestephen (43,000)
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They did upgrade the engines to better, quieter versions.

Takeoffs are loud just because its big...


19 posted on 11/20/2022 9:40:00 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: The Duke

Sitting in the AZ boneyard.


20 posted on 11/20/2022 10:01:31 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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