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re: The B-52 Arrival: Why Strategic Bombers Over Tehran Signal Total U.S. Air Superiority

Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:45 pm to
Posted by Timeoday
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:45 pm to
Does it have to deal with what they can carry that a B1 can not?
Posted by Diego Ricardo
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Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:45 pm to
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At this point, they are scheduled to begin service for basically a full 100 years, extending into the 2050’s.

Without looking, anybody know how many of these were actually made (within, say, 50)?

I was kinda shocked when I learned.


At some point these were getting sent to the boneyard but I think doctrine adjusted away from an all stealth bomber approach.
Posted by HeadSlash
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:46 pm to
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Carpet bombing with 80 500lb bombs is insane.


The concussion
Posted by Jbird
Shoot the tires out!
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:47 pm to
Carpet bombing us a massive waste of munitions.
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
23173 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:48 pm to
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You can also bet your arse that serious destruction is happening.


You are exactly right.
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:49 pm to
Private Idaho?
Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:52 pm to
These are the Battleships of the sky. Terrible, yet magnificent to behold. They can take down mountain ranges if need be.
Posted by Victor R Franko
Member since Dec 2021
3483 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:53 pm to
Could Major TJ Kong be far behind.

B-52s flying overhead uncontested has to be a morale breaker for even the most Gung ho IRGC members..
Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:53 pm to
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It is shocking how many people (in America) either hate this country or are rooting for us to lose the war so it fits their political narrative



Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:54 pm to
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B-52s flying overhead uncontested has to be a morale breaker for even the most Gung ho IRGC members..



"We will meet our virgins today. They will not look nearly as good as we've been told." -- Some poor stupid bastard in the IRGC.
Posted by Fat Bastard
alter hunter
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:56 pm to
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BOHICAMAN


Posted by Deplorableinohio
Member since Dec 2018
7927 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:56 pm to
You’re joking, right? That’s what helped winning WW2. The last war we won.

Oh, and don’t forget unconditional surrender.
Posted by GeauxBurrow312
Member since Nov 2024
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:57 pm to
Proper use of FIFY

Posted by PurpleCrush
ATL
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:59 pm to
Air superiority will not change minds on the ground in Iran. t never has and won't now.
Posted by BayouBengal51
Forest Hill, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2006
9735 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:59 pm to
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Carpet bombing us a massive waste of munitions.


They are most likely not using carpet bombing techniques. While the bombs themselves are "dumb" and not self guided, they probably using CCIP (Constantly computed impact point)systems or CCRP (continuously calculated release point) to drop them accurately on targets.

The computer takes in account the wind, direction of travel, altitude, etc and will tell them when to drop to drop those bombs as precisely as possible.
Posted by Victor R Franko
Member since Dec 2021
3483 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:02 pm to
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guess what I thought of during the nanosecond I first saw this

Major Kong? That's what I first thought.
Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:03 pm to
I hate it brother but it's the damn truth.
Posted by texas tortilla
houston
Member since Dec 2015
4604 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:03 pm to
Trump doing to Iran what bibi doing to Gaza. The world will turn against usa like it has israel.
Posted by theballguy
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Member since Oct 2011
37260 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:04 pm to
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Air superiority will not change minds on the ground in Iran. t never has and won't now.



quote:

PurpleCrush


Found the fake conservative (or Democrat -- whichever).
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:05 pm to
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Air superiority will not change minds on the ground in Iran. t never has and won't now.


I heard earlier today the C-17's were dropping small munitions to the Iranian people.
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