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So when do the B-52s get the "Battleship Yamato" treatment? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleshi
by Roboprog 11y ago
So when do the B-52s get the "Battleship Yamato" treatment?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato
OK, kidding about the cartoon alien tech, but somehow, I would not be shocked to see somebody strapping high tech engines under the BUFF to give it [sub]orbital capability some day :-)
- vpribish 11y agoThey are actually talking about replacing the troublesome old engines with ones from modern passenger planes - it hinges on the expected lifetime to recoup the costs through maintenance and efficiency (a bet that would have been wonderful at any time in the past). :)
- peckrob 11y agoRead "Flight of the Old Dog" by Dale Brown. It's a bit dated by modern standards (it was written in the 80s, when the Soviet Union was still a thing), but still good. I won't spoil it for you, but the book features a heavily modified B-52 saving the day.
- aaren 11y ago"Fatal Terrain" is good as well. Released in 1997 so slightly more up to date. I read it hoping for fantastical descriptions of flying battleships hanging from a paper thin plot and was not remotely disappointed.
- peckrob 11y agoDale Brown books are one of my guilty pleasures. Actually, Silver Tower was the first sci-fi book I remember reading when I was a kid. He went to military thrillers after that one and I've read all of them too. But Silver Tower and Old Dog are still two of my favorites.