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Making such a plane, yes, I have a pretty decent clue. It's not that hard. It was done with early 1950s technology! Certifying, sadly... also yes. I work in go
by jiggawatts 2y ago
Making such a plane, yes, I have a pretty decent clue. It's not that hard. It was done with early 1950s technology!
Certifying, sadly... also yes. I work in government.
Do you think the enemy cares whether you're properly certified or not?
Similarly, do you think hackers care if your CISO has all of your security audit paperwork nicely rubber stamped?
Do viruses care if your unpatched servers have been officially exempt from the update schedule?
In war, only capability matters. Nothing else.
- nradov 2y agoThere's quite a bit of extra hardware needed on the aircraft for the nuclear mission. As well as testing for stuff like weapons separation. None of that is easy or cheap on converted civilian designs. You would know this if you had bothered to do some basic research instead of posting ignorant and irrelevant comments. Like many arrogant engineers who love to pontificate about topics outside your area of expertise, I'm sure you're convinced you're right and everyone else is an idiot. So I'll pass on any further replies and let you believe that you "won".
- jiggawatts 2y agoGo do the research yourself please and link to articles that explain why carrying a cruise missile with nuclear warhead instead of a high explosive warhead adds $60M in annual maintenance costs to each active bomber.