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2020-01-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-
B-52s no longer authorized to carry nuclear gravity bombs.
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Posted by 3dc 2020-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top

#1 Because there are better munitions.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-14 00:36||   2020-01-14 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 ...This may be a misinterpretation of what the TO actually says - the B83 was being pulled anyways, and the B61-12 is being deployed, so earlier versions would no longer be used.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-01-14 04:23||   2020-01-14 04:23|| Front Page Top

#3 When you are playing with big boys, you might want to put a lot of distance between you and the 'flash bang'. Gravity delivery probably isn't the optimal means to achieve that. Not to mention staying out of SAM range. I think the Ukrainians can vouch for the latter.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-14 08:35||   2020-01-14 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Dems want to kill LRSO. Remember when they thought the killed of TLAM?
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-14 11:00||   2020-01-14 11:00|| Front Page Top

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