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Still got the U-2, that's 50's technology right there :)
by ErrantX 17y ago
Still got the U-2, that's 50's technology right there :)
- hugh3 17y agoDon't forget the B-52, still the core of the USAF's "drop lots of explosive stuff at once" fleet. That doesn't mean we couldn't make a better B-52 or U-2 right now (and I don't mean a B1 or B2, I mean a big dumb cheap subsonic bomber), it just means that we couldn't make one sufficiently better to be worth the replacement cost. We could also build a better Brooklyn Bridge, but the existing one works just fine for now.
- petewarden 17y agoThe B52 program was driven by Colonel Pete Warden. He's no relation unfortunately, but its birth was an amazing engineering story: http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/b52-strat/b52_50th/design.htm http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/b52-strat/b52_5...