For what - I have no idea - those things were in range of SAM sites 50 years ago in Vietnam (around 10-15 were shot down). I mean it's an insanely impressive platform that's still strategic after nearly 70 years (yes - that'd be 67 years ago they took first-flight) but it'd have to be over woefully unprotected targets - and I was under the impression that Iran was SAM-silly.
Any miliPedes here that can clarify what role they'd be good for? I thought it'd be a Bone centric air campaign with high-risk targets taken care of by B2s from Qatar (unless they were re-located back to the US during the last drawdowns).
I'm particularly aware of Al Udeid Air Base because I used to mod game servers that had US support crew from that area playing on it (they had terrible ping which begged the question from other players "where the hell are you?". Another amusing bit, their game mics were military headsets. Great audio - they sounded like they were using studio mics.).
Still an insane airplane. Thing is still scheduled for service beyond 2045 making it the first century-active military strike platform - mostly because it has an 80 percent-plus ready-rate and a cost per hour of half that of a B2 (slightly more than a Bone tho).
Ah yes. CMs make a lot of sense. Going to be using quite a lot of those if we have to target in-country vs hellfire targets in Iraq.
I'm a severe aerospace nerd - but tactically, I didn't see the strategic use of putting the B52s into Iranian airspace - solution : with CMs - they wouldn't.
Makes sense.
My own background isn't in Aerospace - but my family is up to their armpits in it - from missile and anti-missile systems, commercial and military aviation, Thiokol / NASA, Rockwell, Martin and the FAA. I decided to go into drafting and publication work (when my own background intersects) but still have 40+ years of aerospace systems awareness and overall hardware history.
Ask me how Titan IIs were kept flight-ready sometime. Or more specifically - how do you keep an ICMBs electrical system primed without a battery or electrical umbilical in-silo - for decades. +1 if you know the answer.
(yes, I miss the cold war - made for great Tom Lehrer songs.)
For what - I have no idea - those things were in range of SAM sites 50 years ago in Vietnam (around 10-15 were shot down). I mean it's an insanely impressive platform that's still strategic after nearly 70 years (yes - that'd be 67 years ago they took first-flight) but it'd have to be over woefully unprotected targets - and I was under the impression that Iran was SAM-silly.
Any miliPedes here that can clarify what role they'd be good for? I thought it'd be a Bone centric air campaign with high-risk targets taken care of by B2s from Qatar (unless they were re-located back to the US during the last drawdowns).
I'm particularly aware of Al Udeid Air Base because I used to mod game servers that had US support crew from that area playing on it (they had terrible ping which begged the question from other players "where the hell are you?". Another amusing bit, their game mics were military headsets. Great audio - they sounded like they were using studio mics.).
Still an insane airplane. Thing is still scheduled for service beyond 2045 making it the first century-active military strike platform - mostly because it has an 80 percent-plus ready-rate and a cost per hour of half that of a B2 (slightly more than a Bone tho).
Not military. But mild aviation nerd.
Cruise missiles. Conventional or nuclear.
Therefore not over target like Vietnam.
Plus they would likely have fighter/electronic warfare escort.
Ah yes. CMs make a lot of sense. Going to be using quite a lot of those if we have to target in-country vs hellfire targets in Iraq.
I'm a severe aerospace nerd - but tactically, I didn't see the strategic use of putting the B52s into Iranian airspace - solution : with CMs - they wouldn't.
Makes sense.
My own background isn't in Aerospace - but my family is up to their armpits in it - from missile and anti-missile systems, commercial and military aviation, Thiokol / NASA, Rockwell, Martin and the FAA. I decided to go into drafting and publication work (when my own background intersects) but still have 40+ years of aerospace systems awareness and overall hardware history.
Ask me how Titan IIs were kept flight-ready sometime. Or more specifically - how do you keep an ICMBs electrical system primed without a battery or electrical umbilical in-silo - for decades. +1 if you know the answer.
(yes, I miss the cold war - made for great Tom Lehrer songs.)