Having flown the Buff and the KC135 with SAC (as was, RIP) I suppose that there must have been a whole bunch of blokes chanting checklists in the B1 cockpit. It cannot have been finger-trouble (... can it ?). If there are only 4 or 5 B1s left in the boneyard at D-M or wherever, the RAF ought to get its bid in quick. Thats just the sort of capability we need for "power projection". I know Straw got fired for dismissing a pre-emptive strike on the Iranian nuclear sites as "unthinkable" (except by nut-cases) just as Bush was thinking about it; but if such a madcap task arises we would be much better off (financially and operationally) with a few B1s than with a bloody great carrier floating around in the Gulf, making a target of itself for bad guys in high speed RIBs loaded with explosives.