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This quote betrays a lack of understanding of the destructive power of other planes in the US arsenal. Depending on when it was uttered, the B52, B2, A10, AC130
by hyperbovine 5y ago
This quote betrays a lack of understanding of the destructive power of other planes in the US arsenal. Depending on when it was uttered, the B52, B2, A10, AC130 and/or F22 all come to mind as being way scarier.
- jshier 5y agoIn this case it's likely "dangerous" refers to the plane's danger to the pilot, not the targets of its weapons. The Harrier was notoriously unstable in its VTOL configuration, as it was built before adoption of fly by wire systems that could keep it stable automatically, like the F-35B does.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoDoesn't the B2 have world-wide nuclear weapons deployment capabilities? Nothing is scarier than this impossibly cool plane.
- hyperbovine 5y agoYes, it can deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in the world without detection. Basically a death-ray.