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From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: B2 vs. F117A
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Date: 15 Feb 91 07:32:14 GMT
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From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)
Having seen the costing data for the F117A, I have to wonder: what's
the point of the B2? At ~$40M / F117A vs. ~ $600M / B2, you get 15
F117A / 1 B2. This is worse if the B2 end up (as is likely) at
~$1000M. What can 1 B2 do that 15 F117A's can't, especially with
respect to dropping nuclear weapons?

-- 
Alan M. Carroll                "I hate shopping with the reality-impaired"
Epoch Development Team                 - Susan
CS Grad / U of Ill @ Urbana    ...{ucbvax,pur-ee,convex}!cs.uiuc.edu!carroll