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Why would you deploy B-2s outside of the country? Does Diego Garcia even have the required climate controlled hangars to store the planes? Point of these pl
by adrr 2y ago
Why would you deploy B-2s outside of the country? Does Diego Garcia even have the required climate controlled hangars to store the planes? Point of these planes was take them off from the US and have them return to the US.
If we're using them for Yemen, wouldn't the b-1b be better and cheaper. Much lower operating costs and almost double the payload?
- Quillbert182 2y agoI would assume Diego Garcia does have the facilities for B-2s. The B-2 has been based there fairly frequently in the past, I believe.
- dylan604 2y agoI would s/based/staged.
- saberdancer 2y agoIt's a big stick to point toward Iran. Flying from Diego Garcia means they can takeoff without anyone reporting them inbound.
- belter 2y agoThey better not. The biggest they have is the GBU-57A/B [1] and that will work until 60 meters reinforced concrete. Iran has the facilities under more than 80 to 100 meters and its granite. Even an upgraded GBU-57A/B that it seems exist, wont be good enough. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-57A/B_MOP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-57A/B_MOP [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordow_Fuel_Enrichment_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordow_Fuel_Enrichment_Plant
- seryoiupfurds 2y agoI mean hey, while we're violating international norms... > The biggest conventional munition they have
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoBreaker, Breaker, Shaker-Maker! Two of them, behind each other, are Jack Hammers mother. Take four, and what's left is flour. Oink Oink.
- belter 2y agoIt wont work. I thought about that option.. I hope they suspend the operation, if that is what they are thinking about....
- dboreham 2y agoB-2 can carry certain ordinance that B-1B can't (due to length of the bomb bay). Forward deployment is to allow transit and arrival entirely over-water.
- ge96 2y agoInteresting I guess the stealth would be top and bottom right if they have that beyond the horizon radar that bounces off the ionosophere/ground edit: wonder if there is a phased laser "radar" where it spams a bunch of uniform dots and if some of them don't come back then there's something there probably wouldn't work, scattering the other one would be LEO cameras that are scanning the ground for a black dorito maybe captures aerial disturbance/lines in the sky density change
- seryoiupfurds 2y agoI think it's not about the properties of land and water per se, so much as avoiding flying over populated areas where it can be observed directly.
- itishappy 2y agoWhat you're describing is called LIDAR.
- ge96 2y agoYeah I know they can map cities, was thinking about scanning the sky, probably dumb/doesn't make sense but yeah
- itishappy 2y agoNot a dumb question at all, it can work from space! I think getting enough return signal and contrast will be the main issues. Both can be solved with a big enough lens, but then cost and maintenance will become an issue. If the system can be optimized beyond needing a single lens per beam than it might be feasible!
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- INGELRII 2y agoDiego Garcia has four dedicated climate controlled hangars for the B-2 Spirit. Each one can house a single aircraft. More than 4 and they are only visiting.
- dylan604 2y agoThere's a photo of a Spirit in a hanger at Diego in TFA.
- firefax 2y ago>>Does Diego Garcia even have the required climate controlled hangars to store the planes? This is plainly stated in the opening of the article: >Diego Garcia is now the only known location to use the distinctive B2SS or B-2 Shelter System clamshell-style hangars. These hangars are air transportable and can be constructed in around 70 days. RAF Fairford previously had one B2SS hangar, but it was removed after being damaged in high winds (the base still retains two permanent B-2 hangars, similar to those at Whiteman AFB).
- bokohut 2y agoFortuitous timing on your b-1 reference. There was at least one lancer airborne this morning EST time headed North out of Texas. Data did not reflect a refuel supply nearby yet the lancer was broadcasting its location.