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Posted on 08/08/2004 6:11:46 PM PDT by RWR8189
| "John Kerry first ran for the Senate on a platform that included canceling the B-2 bomber, and he has repeatedly voted against it in Congress. His assertion that Missouri "won't have to worry" about the B-2 bombers at Whiteman Air Force Base has no credibility, given his votes against the B-2 and his vote against funding for troops at war." -Danny Diaz, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman |
Kerry Proposed The Cancellation Of The B-2 Bomber In 1984 And Voted Against Funding The B-2 Bomber At Least 17 Times, In 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996.
Whiteman AFB, Home Of B-2 Bomber, Contributes $440 Million/Year To Local Economy. Whiteman Air Force Base “employs more than 6,300 people and brings an estimated $440 million impact to the region each year. One of the nation’s most multi-service facilities, Whiteman’s personnel includes Air Force, Army and even a Naval contingent. The base is also home for numerous civilian personnel, including nearly 100 professionals from the Northrop Grumman company involved in the B2 Spirit Bomber program. Whiteman is the nation’s only permanent base for the B2.” (Ingram’s Kansas City’s Business Magazine Online, www.ingramsonline.com/dw/economy.php. Accessed 2/16/04)
Senators Kerry And Edwards Are Two Of Only Four US Senators Who Voted For The Use Of Force Resolution Against Iraq And Against The $87 Billion Funding Bill For Our Troops In Iraq And Afghanistan.
Kerry Had Characterized A Vote Against The Funding As "Irresponsible." (CBS, "Face the Nation," 9/14/03)
The B-2 is a Cold War relic which is not needed today.
The damn thing costs 2 billion dollars. That's billion with a b not an m incase anyone thinks I'm making a typo. The most expensive aircraft in the world. And we have several dozen of them.
The B-2 was designed to knock out air defenses to clear a way for other bombers with much larger payloads. These days this can be done with cruise missiles. The latest technology has increased the accuracy, range, and payload of cruise missiles to the point that a stealth bomber is no longer necessary.
You should check your facts in the future to avoid foot in mouth syndrome.
The B-52 can carry 48 500 pound bombs; the B-1B can carry 72; and the B-2 carries 96 !
I believe that no other bomber on earth has a larger payload.
Also, it can designate 16 separate targets at one time for laser guided bombs.
The carbon fiber construction should last for 100 years, and the final B-2 was built years ago.
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The B-52H has a payload of 70,000 pounds
The B-1B has a larger payload than anything else in the US inventory.
I await your apology!
Negative. The B-2 was sold by the Air Force as being undetectable by radar. Strike aircraft are largely tasked with SEAD not strategic bombers. You're way off base with payload comparisons as well. With the advances in PGMs sheer volume of payload is no longer the deciding factor that it used to be. Were you dropping only unguided iron bombs then you'd want to resurrect the Big Belly modified B-52Ds, which have long been retired/scrapped.
While the B-2s construction/materials renders it less detectable it still can be detected by low band search radars. As a research tool for stealth technology only a few should have been built. It is a white elephant and maintenance nightmare. The cost benefit analysis proves that. The money should and could be better spent elsewhere. Voting against the B-2, in and of itself, isn't an issue to condemn Effin' about. His overall contempt and lack of support for the military are.
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