"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
The B-52 could carry about 27 tons of conventional bombs.

What about the never put into production B-70 bomber ? I've always
wondered what its bomb load was. Was that information ever released ?

The numbers I found were roughly 20,000 lbs (9 tons) of bombs. Clearly
not
in the same class as the BUFF when it comes to payload.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/research/xb70/

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In US measurements that would be 10 tons. We are kind of screwed up on the
weight thing. A ton in everyday usage is sometimes (by civilians) understood
to be 2000 lbs.

But if your a shipper, an engineer, a scientist, or whatever, then you could
be talking about a ton, a short ton, a long ton, SI metric ton, traditional
metric ton, etc.

To keep things simple, we will use the three rules of engineering as taught
at Prudue University.

1. Steel is hard.
2. Stone is heavy.
3. You can't push a chain.

Therefore we can compare the bomb load to stone and say that the bomb load
was heavy. Q.E.D.

Red Rider