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Weapons Payload of B-2 Stealth Bomber Enhanced(now can carry 5 times the amount of smart bombs)
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Posted on 03/30/2006 5:19:36 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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Good news.
To: MARKUSPRIME
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:22:02 AM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
To: MARKUSPRIME; sure_fine
To: MARKUSPRIME
Memo to Iran: All your nuke program is belong to us.
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:26:33 AM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: MARKUSPRIME
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:27:54 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(We got permits, yes we DO! We got permits, how 'bout YOU?;))
To: MARKUSPRIME
Holy purveyor of precussionary payloads, Batman!
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:29:02 AM PST
by
Sax
(Ahmagonnadoajihad - His name says it all)
To: MARKUSPRIME
I heard from a little birdie that the smart bombs have been reconfigured to as small as 100lbs of HE. Targeting confidence is so good that there's no longer a need to send a 500lb bomb to do a 100lb bomb's job.
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:30:01 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Bush signed CFR. He deserves to be bitched at as much as McCain.)
To: MARKUSPRIME; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
5x!!
That's a heck of an upgrade. I wonder how they made all the new stuff fit?
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:30:44 AM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: Rebelbase
Targeting confidence is so good that there's no longer a need to send a 500lb bomb to do a 100lb bomb's job.100lb bombs doing the work 500lb bombs won't do.
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:32:19 AM PST
by
Shomer
(More Great News and Insights From The Blue Bird of F'ing Joy)
To: OXENinFLA
I guess this was the new technology that President Bush and Rummy were talking about??
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:32:48 AM PST
by
Mo1
("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
To: OXENinFLA
I wonder how they made all the new stuff fit? They're using a +5 Bomb Bay of Holding.
Sorry - old, probably obscure D&D reference.
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:33:50 AM PST
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
remains the only long-range, large payload aircraft that can penetrate deep into protected airspace.Provided it is escorted by EA-6Bs to jam the low band search radars that can detect them. The mission capable rate for the B-2 fleet is still hovering around 40%.
To: Shomer
Talk about a force multiplier. Imagine having 5 times as many B2's loitering in an area for hours with their payloads being doled out one at a time by people in ground installations acquiring targets via reconnaissance drones.
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:40:42 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Bush signed CFR. He deserves to be bitched at as much as McCain.)
To: Mikey_1962
Just wish we had acquired an ecomomic ordering quantity of 100 or more. Same goes for the B-1 which should have gone to 200 or more. With stand-off and smart weapons, these are awesome platforms. When coupled with a laser designator for Joe Snuffy, we give god-like powers to infantry.
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:41:26 AM PST
by
darth
To: darth
"Same goes for the B-1..... "
I was out near Nellis recently and saw (heard) one of those B1-B's..WOW..... kinda hard to sneak up on someone with one of those.... I could hear it long before I saw it.
I was laughing inside thinking how the sound of that must make the hairs stand up on the back of our enemies necks. They KNOW that shortly there after, they're gonna be in a world of hurt.
;)
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:47:01 AM PST
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: MARKUSPRIME
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:57:42 AM PST
by
poobear
(Islam - A Global Lynch Mob !)
To: MARKUSPRIME
Love those photo postings!
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posted on
03/30/2006 5:58:56 AM PST
by
RoadTest
(The wicked love darkness; but God's people love the Light!)
To: darth
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posted on
03/30/2006 6:02:11 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: OXENinFLA
That's a heck of an upgrade. No doubt. Did they add a trailer hitch, or what?
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posted on
03/30/2006 6:02:46 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: MARKUSPRIME
Five times the amount huh?
That must be quite a payload.
They increased the internal volume? or made the bombs lighter?
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posted on
03/30/2006 6:09:52 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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