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Old February 10th 09, 09:02 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
dott.Piergiorgio
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Default THE CASE FOR LONG-RANGE STRIKE: 21ST CENTURY SCENARIOS.

hcobb ha scritto:
On Feb 9, 2:35 pm, frank wrote:
Put your comic books away. There hasn't been any air to air combat
with strategic bombers of any consequence since WWII. If there's any
probablity of offense, you send in tac air with the strike package. or
use standoff weapons. Much cheaper to build standoff than a goofy
ramjet FB-22.


Which has limited the strategic bombers to the reach of carrier air.

The USAF has become a bomb truck service for the USN.


*ahem* the B-52 *IS* a bomb truck; the role of the other two bombers is
paving the way for the truckload to be delivered....


If The Force wants to go deep inside Russia and China and attack high
value fleeting targets then they need a new capability.


Whose means the global thermonuclear war...

OK I have got the issue you have:

*STOP playing Fallout 3 NOW, please* :P

Dott. Piergiorgio.