Oh for crying out loud! What a monumental waste of money!
If we are this far down in our inventory of cruise missiles that we have to use the B-2s, perhaps next up will be Kerry in a swift boat straffing the harbors.
Think about all those other air asset crews not exposed to danger? If you are an air planner it is a perfect use of the B-2 Spirits. That is what they train for. B-2s regularly conduct long range training missions from the US. Here in the UK the B-52s and B-2 are regular visitors on these long range missions to drop munitions on the North Sea weapons ranges.
This type of B-2 mission is nothing new. Think of the weapons load of JDAMs that they can carry and think of all the targets that can be visited in one sortie? Perfect usage and keeps to a minimum all those crews that would have to be exposed to carry out the task.