Exclusive: Bomber designed for nuclear deterrence missions part of nuclear deterrence mission planhttps://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/895411854364880896 …
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That was 15 years ago, post axis-of-evil speech, and I knew B-1Bs would be part of any initial strike mission.
NBC rolling out "exclusive" news as if the Pentagon hasn't had and evolved these plans for decades.
There are three ways to use bombers against nuclear sites: - send a fuckload and hope some get through (B-52)
- go very fast and hope you get there before they stop you (B-1B) - go very quietly and hope they don't see you (B-2)
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber may not actually be effective in this role... stealth aircraft aren't invisible to radar...
they just dramatically reduce the effective range of it. But NK is small, and it may be hard to deploy stealth aircraft effectively.
The first strike missions of the First Gulf War were helicopter strikes to open gaps in radar lines.
You can't do that for nuclear deterrence, though. You have to hit the nukes first.
Or at leasy very, very soon after. Hence, the supersonic B-1B. This, of course, is irrelevant, as NK artillery will ruin everything.
You could have named your aircraft Necessary Evil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessary_Evil_(aircraft) …
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