I'm not a pacifist or a warmonger. The big cost is "stealth" in these things. You only need that if you intend to enact a war intentionally. Cheaper old styl

I'm not a pacifist or a warmonger. The big cost is "stealth" in these things. You only need that if you intend to enact a war intentionally. Cheaper old style bombers are fine for the majority of day to day deterrence operations. In fact they are probably better since they can optimize for cargo loads.