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From: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams)
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Subject: Re: Where was the B-1 ?????
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Date: 8 Mar 91 02:20:40 GMT
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From: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams)

>  Do any of you have any ideas why the B-1 bomber wasn't use ??

The B-1 was brought up on the CBS News last night; it was said that
this bomber was still having some problems and needed $1 billion dollars
more for correction.  Normally, if it was a horse, it would have been 
put out of its misery.  Since $30 billion dollars have been spent so 
far, $1 billion dollars more is nothing by comparison.

While a B-1 can carry a larger conventional bomb load than a B-52 can,
the electronic equipment involved in targeting and bombing still isn't
satisfactory.  Furthermore, the coventional bombs tended to hit each 
other after they were dropped.

Steve Williams

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes which can be made
in a very narrow field."   -- Niels Bohr, Danish Scientist