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Between the electronic countermeasures and the nuke-tipped cruise missiles, a B-52 is very difficult to defend against.


17 posted on 09/03/2009 4:20:50 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
Between the electronic countermeasures and the nuke-tipped cruise missiles, a B-52 is very difficult to defend against.

I'm pretty sure that the W-80 equipped Tomahawks are long gone from the bomber fleet, shelved during the first Bush administration. The military retains the option to re-deploy them if the need arises, but AFAIK only submarines carry the Tomahawk-N these days. I suspect the warheads will be coming up on their retirement dates in a few years (and we ain't building no mo'.)

27 posted on 09/03/2009 4:52:11 PM PDT by Charles Martel (NRA Lifetime Member since 1984; TSRA rookie)
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