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From: yun@eng.umd.edu (Dragon Taunter)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: B-1s in the Gulf
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Date: 21 Jan 91 03:31:24 GMT
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From: yun@eng.umd.edu (Dragon Taunter)
waylancm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Legion) writes:

>Someone(I don't remember who...didn't save the article) asked why B-52s
>are doing all the carpet bombing instead of B-1s.
>
>Well, B-1s ARE supposedly capable of doing the conventional mission. I say
>supposedly because as I recall, they got grounded (again) about a month
>ago. . .

According to a recent Nova episode it was said that B-1s are grounded
until some crucial piece of software is delivered.  Right now they are
gathering dust in their hangars.  Seems that even with the extra
billions of dollars spent on software procurement for the military,
there is no change in the quality of the code.  
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