[AR] Re: B-58
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:46:56 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, James G wrote:
> How hard would it be to do something similar...
Well.... they wouldn't. Such an aircraft wouldn't have any tactical or
strategic value today. Its role has been replaced low, slow, and
stealthy, with stand-off cruise missiles.
Yes and no and maybe. You wouldn't build such an aircraft as a high-level
penetrating bomber, for sure. But that doesn't mean it wouldn't have
uses. Not everything has gone low/slow/stealthy, and even for things that
have, doubts have been raised about how long that approach will be viable.
As an example, both the F-22 and F-35 put real stress on stealth, for
sure, but both also had requirements for supersonic cruise capability (not
dash, but *cruise* -- no afterburner), to give them high-speed mobility.
Henry
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