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| US Air Force discovers how to convert its 522 cargo planes into bombers by deploying cruise missiles attached to parachutes, rapidly increasing strike power should war break out with China |
| 2021-05-25 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 /\ Maybe "Hi-Tech Flying Katyushas" would be a better term. |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-05-25 22:01 |
| #4 They were thinking of turning USAF heavy transports into "bomb trucks" for palletized Tomahawk Air Cruise Missiles back in the early 80's as an alternative to the B-2 Program... So hardly new. |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-05-25 21:59 |
| #3 SPOD long time. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2021-05-25 07:48 |
| #2 3 million for the parachutes and 678 billion for the logistics software That is how our technologically advanced military works isn’t it? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2021-05-25 07:46 |
| #1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, you mean someone finally read one of Pournelle's books where he had cargo planes doing the exact same thing? Nearly 20 years ago?:p |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2021-05-25 02:03 |