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'Cheap' / dumb ammunitions may be easier to produce in volume, so if you need to increase production it could be easier. The B-21 is a fixed cost that is ready
by throw0101a 4y ago
'Cheap' / dumb ammunitions may be easier to produce in volume, so if you need to increase production it could be easier.
The B-21 is a fixed cost that is ready to go: just 'add water' (munitions) and you can have a higher pace of operations as long as you can feed the machine (B-21).
- closewith 4y agoEh, bombers aren't a fixed cost. There's certainly a fixed CapEx, but the B2 OpEx is ~$130,000 per hour (https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/air-forces-10-expensive-planes/ https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/air-forces-10-expens...). Still, strategic bombers add capability that drones/missiles don't. In particular, eyes on the target still haven't been deprecated by remote optics in drones and missiles can't loiter.