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Originally Posted by CCIP
Anyway, by now of course it would entirely make sense to start designing a new machine. Curious what that bird would be like :hmm:
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We will never go back to carpet bombing, so what's the point?
What is the payload on a B-1a, B-1b, and B-2? I know the B-2 has to be balanced against it's operational range -- if you need the thing to fly it's full 24,000km, then it can only load something like 10,000lbs. I'm pretty sure it has a maximum take-off load near 30,000lbs. B-52's can carry, what, like 60,000 pounds? The C-5 can hold something like 120,000lbs.
We'd use a C-5 full of MOABS before we started carpet bombing. We'll use guided-napalm before we carpet bomb.
I call BS. This is like the B-36, all over again.