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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (127554)7/26/2005 9:45:09 AM
From: Hoa Hao  Read Replies (1) of 793822
 
That's a bit harsh. The fact is, is that the B-52 is very useful as a "bomb truck." You want penetration, use the B-1 or B-2. You wanna "Arc Light" the Taliban, the B-52 is just the ticket.
The real problem with building more B-52's is that the production lines are down and all the equipment sold off for probably a good 30+ years or so.
As an interesting side note, a military analyst I know made a real interesting comment. Knowing how the B-52 would actually be used, we would have been better off buying the jet version of the B-36 and more of them.
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