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| Will The Air Force B-21 Bring New, Next-Generation Stealth Technology? |
| 2016-09-05 |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #4 On a more serious note: the greater the surface area the harder it is to "stealth" it. A long-range stealthy drone that is semi-disposable (if it comes back fine, if not, shrug) seems a more practical goal. |
| Posted by: magpie 2016-09-05 17:59 |
| #3 Built: 744xB-52's .... 104xB-1's .... 21xB-2's. Following the progression (7,5,3): 7 B-21's. All gold-plated hanger queens too expensive to risk in combat. |
| Posted by: magpie 2016-09-05 14:05 |
| #2 No figuring where you are going to get spare parts and maybe some aviation fuel for your existing fleet after the economic collapse? Augustine' Law XVI - In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-09-05 08:39 |
| #1 The service plans to field the new bomber by the mid-2020s. The Air Force plans to acquire as many as 80 to 100 new bombers for a price of roughly $550 million per plane in 2010 dollars, Air Force leaders have said. So that's $1.2B/plane in 2025 dollars? The fad of using the surgical strike to moderate local governments will have faded by then. I choose the hyper-velocity option. That will at least advance boost technology in time for the alien landing. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-09-05 01:12 |