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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
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B-2A Spirit suffered in flight emergency (fire), emergency (crash) landing this evening
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<blockquote data-quote="L8APEX" data-source="post: 16856817" data-attributes="member: 51947"><p>The B-52 has the rotary launched cruise missiles but the same rotary nuclear capability has been removed from the B-1B as it has taken up the JDAM "Bomb Truck" role, leaving only the Spirit as the sole dedicated bomber in the inventory that can "safely" deliver the B61 or B83 to a peer adversary.</p><p>In a pinch the B-1B I think could be used, but I'm guessing they'd send any airworthy Spirits not at Whiteman if it was Nuclear War.</p><p> </p><p>The benefit of this component is unlike ICBM and SLBM that give 15 mins to react, and practically ensue MAD good ol Bombers take a while longer and can ultimately be called back. The cruise missiles can be rippled off but the old "dial a yield" gravity bombs have to be released over each target. Having the "human" element in place with a bit of extra time (and great cost to do what's "right") has somehow kept both sides from accidentally going into WWIII too many times.</p><p></p><p>Btw looks like it's "Spirit of Hawaii" this time. I think that's #AV-16 as Kansas was #12</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="L8APEX, post: 16856817, member: 51947"] The B-52 has the rotary launched cruise missiles but the same rotary nuclear capability has been removed from the B-1B as it has taken up the JDAM "Bomb Truck" role, leaving only the Spirit as the sole dedicated bomber in the inventory that can "safely" deliver the B61 or B83 to a peer adversary. In a pinch the B-1B I think could be used, but I'm guessing they'd send any airworthy Spirits not at Whiteman if it was Nuclear War. The benefit of this component is unlike ICBM and SLBM that give 15 mins to react, and practically ensue MAD good ol Bombers take a while longer and can ultimately be called back. The cruise missiles can be rippled off but the old "dial a yield" gravity bombs have to be released over each target. Having the "human" element in place with a bit of extra time (and great cost to do what's "right") has somehow kept both sides from accidentally going into WWIII too many times. Btw looks like it's "Spirit of Hawaii" this time. I think that's #AV-16 as Kansas was #12 [/QUOTE]
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B-2A Spirit suffered in flight emergency (fire), emergency (crash) landing this evening
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