[familyop]

"Without a major improvement in standoff weapons, the BUFF is not a survivable platform for deep penetration."

Sure, it is. It doesn't go by itself. It has all of the security that it needs.

[pfflier]

I sure would like to know how that is going to happen for a long range strategic mission.

What we learned in Linebacker II is that a stand alone BUF was pretty vulnerable to modern air defense systems. Cluster BUFs work better but that is not how the world works in a major conflict.