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RE: question
By drewsup on 2/12/2011 5:48:41 AM , Rating: 2
Uhhhm because the B52 is almost 65 years years old! NO airframe that big is going to last much longer, the vibration/frame deterioration is taking it's toll, hell we have F15's that have snapped their titanium backbones already, and they are 30 years newer.
The future is unmanned stealth drones, like it or not. We may always need some form of fast, low flying, manned bomber, but if you can launch 20 drones, carrying the same payload as a big bomber, and not risk the pilots lives, it's kind of a no-brainer. Plus, if you send in a few heavy bombers, if you lose 1 or 2 , that's a big hit in your delivery, you can afford to lose a few drones, as long as 80% get by a through. Kind of the death by a thousand cuts scenario.

