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Originally posted by ghost
I have to disagree with the assumption that cruse missiles could replace the B-2 or ANY bomber for that matter. Bombers provide the military with the ability to hunt for moble targets. An example is the SCUDS of the first Gulf War. If you remember there were moble missile launchers that were used to attack Israel. the only way to find any of them was to chase them down with manned aircraft.
Lets's look at a hypothetical Situations where bombers would be better then Missiles (this is a VERY possibal in the real world):
Situation 1: What if intelligence makes a mistake and issues the wrong set of coordinates for a target:
The intended target is a military command center in the capital city (you can pick the country). Intel accidently issues the wrong coordinates and the building at that spot is a hospital instead of a command center.
If we use a Crues Missile you have just Killed several Hundred innocent civilans!
If we use a manned bomber the pilot would probably be carring target photos And all medical facility are suppose to have a Red Cross on the roof during war times. The pilot look through his Infered targeting scope and realizes that he is looking at a hospital and not a command center. Sticking to the Rules of Engadgment, he abourts his bombing run saving countless lives.
Tim
The study concluded that building a new bomber type, a B-3, could easily cost in excess of $35 billion for research and development alone
Actually, it seems like they can. At least if they mention the staggering loss right before a national tragedy such as this:
Originally posted by Lampyridae
(you can't hide $100 billion dollars disappearing!)
This revelation by Rumsfeld who gave the speech, is an admission of trillions of dollars of losses. This speech was made on September 10, 2001. Weird day to give out such embarassing info, eh? It apparently was effective enough to squelch investigations into the matter. I haven't heard of any at least.
According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions.
Originally posted by Nans DESMICHELS
Yes, nice, but there are a few errors yet :
Where is the cockpit ? It's an UAV ?
The aerodynamic sheme is not reliable...