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Title: B52 ... the 100 year plane... potentially
Post by: FTJR on December 09, 2015, 07:54:24 PM

http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/the-case-for-the-centuryfortress-defining-the-b-52j/

Title: Re: B52 ... the 100 year plane... potentially
Post by: MrKrabs on December 09, 2015, 09:12:51 PM

Centuryfortress just sounds badass...

Title: Re: B52 ... the 100 year plane... potentially
Post by: NGXPilot on December 09, 2015, 09:28:51 PM

Woah.

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It is conceivable that air to air missiles might be loaded, giving the bomber a lethal self-defense capability. Indeed, with the large external stores racks, the B-52J could pack a much longer range punch than possible with the medium-range AIM-120 AMRAAM. The USAF modified the RIM-66 SM-1 Standard missile into an air-launched antiradiation missile (ARM) in 1968; conversion of the various long-range Standard missile variants into a long range antiair or antisurface weapon would be reasonable for a bomber aircraft with large external stores capacity.

Title: Re: B52 ... the 100 year plane... potentially
Post by: kilo2 on December 10, 2015, 12:03:39 AM

Good article. At the bottom I saw this article as well http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/u-s-navy-time-to-bring-back-the-s-3-viking/

Back to the future.

Title: Re: B52 ... the 100 year plane... potentially
Post by: zack1234 on December 10, 2015, 02:26:58 AM

"The Diplomat" who funds this site?

Lockheed Martin :rofl