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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 8:30 pm to BOHICAMAN
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:30 pm to BOHICAMAN
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Would be awesome if that were true, but it’s not.
It won’t hurt the effort to do so. Will the people rise up and throw out their leaders (those that make it out of the hole they’ve been forced into)? Who the hell knows, but whatever remains after this is gonna have a lot less ability to spread terror, that’s pretty clear.
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:31 pm to jcaz
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They are being escorted by fighters I’m sure.
Yeah probably. But they don’t fly them unless we already have air superiority.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:32 pm to Kafka
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take a wild guess
The gay lead singer of the band with the same name?
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:37 pm to choppadocta
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I wonder if people realize that the B-52 can self-designate with sniper pod for laser-guided bombs and also drop jdams which are GPS guided munitions so therefore you're not going to see Arc light strikes like Vietnam in Iran.
I think most people think of old Vietnam era movies and carpet bombing.
I'm no military expert by a long shot, but I do read an article once in a while. Just doing this I realized almost all modern warfare has some "smarts" involved with their weapons. I'm guessing that an extra 20-30k dollar add on to a dumb bomb would increase killing and damage efficiency and probably result in less bombs being dropped to destroy targets. But no expert for sure.
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:39 pm to Timeoday
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Strategic Bombers Over Tehran Signal Total U.S. Air Superiority
AKA air supremacy
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:39 pm to Timeoday
75000 vs 70,000 but the B-52 because of how the bomb bay is compartmented can carry more of some types of bombs.
These bombs being dropped are not necessarily dumb bombs. Smart bombs are also available and are cheaper now than other precision munitions.
These bombs being dropped are not necessarily dumb bombs. Smart bombs are also available and are cheaper now than other precision munitions.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:43 pm to Diego Ricardo
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If B-52s are flying in a combat air space, you can bet your arse that the US thinks it is highly unlikely Iran or their allies can touch them.
Plans for drawing down the B-52 fleet began in Desert Storm, 1991. The plan was to begin by just not replacing the ones lost over Iraq. Thing is, none were lost over Iraq.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:43 pm to BOHICAMAN
Missiles
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:45 pm to Timeoday
I can believe it because I see them flying overhead frequently. They are a marvel and reportedly their design/utility hasn’t been able to be replaced this far. Maintenance staff does have to replace the duct tape holding them together fairly often - ha!
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:59 pm to Jbird
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Buffs fly out of North Dakota and Louisiana.
B-2 is your huckleberry near KC.
Roger that, getting old these days.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:00 pm to kilo
I know the feeling.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:03 pm to Timeoday
I always loved love shack and rock lobster
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:24 pm to Victor R Franko
JDAMs
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:26 pm to Timeoday
I saw B52s coming and going more than usual at Barksdale last week. Seems they knew something was up.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:29 pm to GeauxBurrow312
Professor must not know what a laser guided bomb is.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:43 pm to PurpleCrush
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Air superiority will not change minds on the ground in Iran. t never has and won't now.
The British still eat canned food for breakfast generations after the bombings.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 10:00 pm to junkfunky
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The British still eat canned food for breakfast generations after the bombings.
Beans and toast is weird.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 7:39 am to LSUScores
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I can believe it because I see them flying overhead frequently. They are a marvel and reportedly their design/utility hasn’t been able to be replaced this far. Maintenance staff does have to replace the duct tape holding them together fairly often - ha!
They were ahead of their time then and are a very intimidating sight to see.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:54 am to SippyCup
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Without cheating. I’ll guess 500 produced with less than 100 still in service.
From memory, it was about 750. As iconic as it has been for 70 years, I thought it would be more than that.
There are 76 in service now. Makes me wonder about the others and how the calculus goes regarding upkeep on that small a number.
Then again, my guess is that we probably don’t have thousands of any single plane platform anymore.
Also, I was surprised to realize that the F-16 is still in production (sort of) after almost 5,000 made in the last 47 years. (The F-16V is nominally the same platform with wholesale upgrades.)
Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:55 am to Ag Zwin
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There are 76 in service now. Makes me wonder about the others and how the calculus goes regarding upkeep on that small a number.
The other 650 are getting chopped up to keep the last of them flying.
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