Originally Posted by
tartare
Interested in the 24 number - assuming you mean notionally Australia would need 24 B-21s?
Has that number been floated somewhere?
If not - what's the rationale - thinking - we had 24 pigs, therefore replace like for like?
I wonder if a smaller number might meet needs - more advanced platform, more lethal, longer range loadout etc.
Yes it was a squadron, a copy the F-111 number. I don't think anything has really been pushed. It was a US 'we would consider it' response to a jurno question, that kicked this off. Followed by an Aussie, everything is on the table for the review. There is really nothing public, even if they are seriously examining it. Though in the near future, I can't see us getting a bomber. There isn't even a hint in the defence budget. We have too much other stuff to do. I would be surprised come March, if a bomber was planned..