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To: Roman_War_Criminal

B 52’s are nice, fat, relatively slow targets for the Russians to shoot down if they want to.


9 posted on 10/18/2022 1:26:12 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: SmokingJoe

I guess that Russian turbo prop radar magnet of theirs is better?


11 posted on 10/18/2022 1:27:19 PM PDT by enduserindy
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B 52s cannot operate with gravity weapons without air superiority. They do have stand off weapons and can hold there own but still....


19 posted on 10/18/2022 1:41:02 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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They are standoff cruise missile trucks with surprisingly good ECM.


42 posted on 10/18/2022 2:34:11 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: SmokingJoe

Better countermeasures now. And the idea is that air defense systems will have already been neutralized before the BUFFs come in. Stand-off weapons too.


45 posted on 10/18/2022 2:51:39 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the in civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: SmokingJoe
B 52’s are nice, fat, relatively slow targets for the Russians to shoot down if they want to.

B-52s have massive standoff capacity, firing up to 20 cruise missiles from 1000+ miles away from enemy lines.

47 posted on 10/18/2022 2:56:32 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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