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[-] Johanno@feddit.org 51 points 3 months ago

Well basically we have rockets now. If we want to use more advanced technology we use that, or drones.

When we need bombs those old ones still do their job.

[-] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 months ago

Excuse me, this is NCD. I'm gonna need you to dumb that answer down and make it substantially less factual.

[-] IkarusHagen2@feddit.org 36 points 3 months ago

Old bombers are fucking awesome and you show the bad guy that you have balls of steel by dropping balls of steel on their fancy doormat instead of some virgin rockets or drones.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago
[-] nuke@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago

Try? I'm no fuckin quitter

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

To shreds you say.

[-] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

I don't kiss and tell.

[-] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Ain't got no hips.

[-] nuke@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago
[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Buff and Franklin!

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago

Russia is still flying the Tu-95. I think it's the champion here.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 months ago

if you consider H-6 a variant of Tu-16, then all three had first flight in 1952

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

True, but in the case of a tie I would still give the victory to the Tu-95 because it has propellers.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Turns out stealth bombers are expensive and large super fast bombers are expensive and not much better. So we just keep ticking the old frames over while we slowly build up generations of stealth bombers.

For what it's worth the B52 will eventually get phased out by the B21. I think they just want some of that savings from not running so many different airframes.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

The question is will the B52 make it over the century mark?

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't be surprised if they keep a few flying just to say they made it past 100. The plan for retirement is already pretty close to 100 years.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah it goes well with American pride at least, we have the oldest active duty naval vessel why not the a bomber that was made when vacuum tubes were the norm.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 3 months ago

Grandpa Buff and Franklin for President

this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2024
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