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soopaman2 · 04-17-12, 08:28 PM

I ask myself, with the advent of smart bombs, and JDAM attachments on dumb bombs, if we need such a large delivery system.

Not like we need them for the antique oversized nukes we used to use.

A fighter (fighter, not bomber) of today (with one bomb) can destroy what it took 100 plus bombers to do 60 years ago.

I know if it ain't broke don't fix it, but if we got something better, then why fund it?

(edit unless we go back to carpet bombing cities, I bet the crap in iraq and Afghanistan would calm down substantially. J/K)

04-17-12, 08:28 PM	#22
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	I ask myself, with the advent of smart bombs, and JDAM attachments on dumb bombs, if we need such a large delivery system. Not like we need them for the antique oversized nukes we used to use. A fighter (fighter, not bomber) of today (with one bomb) can destroy what it took 100 plus bombers to do 60 years ago. I know if it ain't broke don't fix it, but if we got something better, then why fund it? (edit unless we go back to carpet bombing cities, I bet the crap in iraq and Afghanistan would calm down substantially. J/K) __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.