Posted on 09/09/2015 10:14:50 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Northrop Grumman
"The newer B-52s" means from 1962 as I recall... the 'H' models.
BUILD the frikkin' things !!!
Or do you have to say "muzzie faggot may I ?"
what enemies do we have?
1. The mainstream media. 2. The Democrat Party. For number 1 and number 2.
When asked about our “withering combat fleet”, Obama only said, “Yes I Did”!
The B-1B is still the preeminent Bomber in the word.
Save the big money for Hyper-sonic strike development.
Oh, and swarms of fighter drones controlled by F-35's datalink and fire control.
If you are only going to do sorties every couple days?
The B-70 was an interesting plane. BTW, I think they brought back a B-57 or two for use in Afghanistan IIRC, the refurbished planes last flew in 1969. I’d like to see them build new B-52’s as well, maybe with 4 instead of 8 engines perhaps. I’d like to see them bring back the F-111’s too. For “shats and giggles” toss in some B-36’s and B-58’s too. B-)
On top of which, the B-2 details are tippy-top secret. Every time one takes off, there is the chance, however faint, that something will go PING and the Bad Guys will be able to paw thru the wreckage. (Actually, the Russians and Chinese no doubt know as much as Northrup about the B-2, but it's important that American civilians don't know.) Air Force generals lose sleep over these things.
Who will fly them?
James Stavridis, a retired U.S. admiral and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, slammed the Obama administration Sunday for repeated military cuts despite the fact that the country remains engaged in real combat operations.
We have already cut defense about 30 percent over the last 10 years, and were still at war, Stavridis explained during remarks on a New York radio show Sunday, according to the Hill. Were actively involved on multiple continents in real combat operations. We should not be drastically reducing our troop levels.
Just watch out for the vortexes coming off the horizontal surfaces.
Just repurpose some B-767s
How would you move the wing? What about center of balance?
The U.S. not only needs new bombers, we need a bigger and better equipped military across the board. Even worse, we need a brand of military leader who knows what to do when the shtf, very much unlike the current CIC. Odumbo has gotten rid of several of those types so now its time to rebuild.
America is currently outsourcing everything.
We need to bring back jobs to America. Stop running ever increasing deficits, and build up our very own nation once again.
This article is completely right on.
It always made sense to me to have two classes of planes: one each for use against high tech and low tech adversaries, respectively.
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