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Originally posted by MBF
Your bomber should work fine, but if all that you want to do is replace the B-52 and what it does now, why not just take a 747 and modify it.
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
That is highly unpractical, you can't just take an aircraft built for Civilian Commerical flight and modify it to be a bomber, the design flaws would be too great.
Shattered OUT...
Originally posted by Gazrok
The Aircraft is intended to Fill the role of the B-52, Fallowing the B-2 into the target area with a larger payload. What do you think, Could it Work?
Would it work? Likely... Would it be cost-effective? No... I'm sure a B-52 replacement is already in the testing stages at the very least.
Originally posted by ilovehaters
and upgrade our tomahawks..... nothing in the world says honey we are home like a volley of tomahawks or other newer cruise missiles........ (see what happens when a navy guy reads the post)
Originally posted by MBF
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
That is highly unpractical, you can't just take an aircraft built for Civilian Commerical flight and modify it to be a bomber, the design flaws would be too great.
Shattered OUT...
Doesn't Russia use modified commercial aircraft for military purposes? I think the intent of the aircraft was to haul a larger payload of bombs than the B-2 can carry. The 747 has a max payload of about 250,000lbs and i think the B-52 payload was listed as 70,000lbs.
[edit on 6-9-2004 by MBF]
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
O and MBF, the 747-400 carries 250,000lbs of people and the B-52 carriers 70,000lbs of bombs, what weighs more? A 2,000 lb bomb, or a 150 lb person?
I would go with the bomb, so for each bomb on the B-52 there would be about 4-5 people, and if you use miltiplication, you would see that the B-52 performs better and bombs are more compact than people, so dropping people on enemy territory would be stupid^^.
Shattered OUT...
Originally posted by waynos
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
O and MBF, the 747-400 carries 250,000lbs of people and the B-52 carriers 70,000lbs of bombs, what weighs more? A 2,000 lb bomb, or a 150 lb person?
I would go with the bomb, so for each bomb on the B-52 there would be about 4-5 people, and if you use miltiplication, you would see that the B-52 performs better and bombs are more compact than people, so dropping people on enemy territory would be stupid^^.
Shattered OUT...
Sorry but I don't understand what you are saying.
Do you mean the B-52 actually carries more because the bombs are individually heavier than the people on the 747? Or have I got it wrong?
If the B-52 carries 70,000lb and the 747 250,000lb then the 747 is the clear winner. It doesn't matter whether its bombs or people (well, it would matter to them if you dropped them from 50,000ft!) its like the old trick question "Whats heaviest, a ton of coal or a ton of feathers?"
Originally posted by ilovehaters
and upgrade our tomahawks..... nothing in the world says honey we are home like a volley of tomahawks or other newer cruise missiles........ (see what happens when a navy guy reads the post)
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
Originally posted by MBF
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
That is highly unpractical, you can't just take an aircraft built for Civilian Commerical flight and modify it to be a bomber, the design flaws would be too great.
Shattered OUT...
Doesn't Russia use modified commercial aircraft for military purposes? I think the intent of the aircraft was to haul a larger payload of bombs than the B-2 can carry. The 747 has a max payload of about 250,000lbs and i think the B-52 payload was listed as 70,000lbs.
[edit on 6-9-2004 by MBF]
I never said civilian airliners weren't used for military purposes, I said it would be stupid to turn a civilian airliner into a militaryBOMBER. That does not dismiss the role of civilian aircraft in the Military altogther.
And MBF was talking about turning a civilian airliner into a bomber not a military aircraft Shadow, and I know that 747-400's have been modified to be airborne lasers.
Shattered OUT...