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-Short Attention Span Theater-
B-52s no longer authorized to carry nuclear gravity bombs.
2020-01-14
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Posted by:3dc

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

#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  

#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  

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

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