To: Poohbah; glock rocks
Drew a black - but check out glock rock's post #24.
Those B-1s carry a lot of stuff - 14 external, 24 internal. Lotta JDAMs.
59 posted on
01/20/2003 12:58:47 PM PST by
hchutch
("Last suckers crossed, Syndicate shot'em up" - Ice-T, "I'm Your Pusher")
To: hchutch
I don't think they mount the external weapons per START limits on total loadouts.
Also, that many external carriage weapons do ghastly things to the aerodynamics, and the B-1 is already borderline to begin with (way too many compromises to reach its intended speed/weapons carriage criteria--the thing's pretty short-legged, and external ordnance makes the problem worse).
62 posted on
01/20/2003 1:01:50 PM PST by
Poohbah
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