Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Dave Goldblatt) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: News item -- B-2 moves! Message-ID: <8225@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 13 Jul 89 03:09:13 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Clarkson University, Postdam NY Lines: 30 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Dave Goldblatt I saw footage on CNN last night of the B-2 taxiing around under its own power. So it moves. Doesn't fly yet, but it moves. High-speed taxiing is next, then actual flight. According to theory, anyway. Of course, for all I know, it could have been the Honda version powered by a Quad 4 -- ok, an old Chevy 454. :-) I saw a nice theory the other day (I forgot where, but don't think it was here) that the B-2 doesn't really exist -- it's just a platform to convince the Soviets that its real (and works!) in order to get them to spend billion$ to counter it. Not a bad idea at that -- in fact, that's a lot more plausible than a $500 million + (you _know_ it's going to be more than that when everything's finished) plane without a real purpose in life.. :-) -dg- (Fund Tomcat 21!) -- Internet: dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu or: dave@clutx.clarkson.edu BITNET: dave@CLUTX.Bitnet uucp: {rpics, gould}!clutx!dave Matrix: Dave Goldblatt @ 1:260/360 ICBM: 75 02 00W 44 38 12N