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Old 21st Mar 2011, 22:05
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Of course, you chaps would have been at the front of the queue to conduct SEAD missions, using direct line-of-sight weapons from a non-stealth platform, just to satisfy a small bunch of hand-wringers at home, I suppose?
I really hope that current NATO equipment range is not a choise between B2 and Enola Gay. Because if bombing of Tripoli can only be done safely by B2, what we all gonna do in case of a war with capable and equipped enemy like country X or country Y? There are only 20-something B2s and they need a ground time of a week after each flight - at least that's what jornos telling us.

If I would be US tax payer I would be seriously worried about it from the other perspective too.

When you buy a new Prius it is usually delivered by sea, while no doubt C17 can pick it up from the factory and do an airdrop at your backyard...

And by the way, as correctly noted by another poster, using B2 makes a lot of mixed feelings in countries who were initially supportive for the action.
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