I don’t want this POS regime to have any more power than it already has. We’ll rebuild once the $h!7 is flushed outta offlice.
It’s a miracle the B-52 is still flying. Under Obama America’s Air Force will look like the patched up fleet of 1950s autos still plying the streets in Cuba.
Plus the nuking from Space is a Sure Thing.
(faster too)
Ps: your link hits a 404 error.
The next war will bear no resemblance to the previous ones, though some entities continue to profit mightily from selling outdated tools to governments who believe it must be fought the same way.
All branches said they cannot function in any wartime scenario or even minor spats like Iraq if sequestration is fully implemented.
After the fire, the Navy will scrap the brand new USS Miami which would cost 400 mil to repair.
The Army cannot repair damaged vehicles because personnel cuts will make that impossible.
There is no money for infrastructure upgrades and little for repairs.
Our bomber nuclear leg of the triad is B-52s and non-stealth cruise missiles (the AGM-129 being retired) and B2 with ancient B61 and B83 gravity bombs. I admit I am no expert, but gravity bombs? Against S-400 SAMs?
And concentrated at only three bases??? Maybe a “bolt from the blue” is unlikely, but why invite it with a tempting target?
It seems we are using old systems with old tactics against a SAM threat that continues to evolve, even against stealth if you believe the Russians.
Maybe it is time to retire the bombers, like the battleship, and focus on missile technology.
Someday, the USA will have 10 working bombers.
They will cost $100 billion each.
This is how the all bureaucracies manages things - to increasing scarcity and increasing cost.
If anyone has any information on why DARPA cancelled the ArcLight hypersonic missile project, I’d be curious to see it. A mach 6 missile barrage launched from numerous VLS tubes by multiple Naval platforms from 3000nm out could be a workable replacement for the manned bomber. Maybe the whole concept went black.