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The US Air Force Needs More Bombers Than It’s Asking For
By Jerry Hendrix Read bio
July 27, 2017
The only problem with the B-21 Raider acquisition strategy is that the minimum purchase should be 164 of the stealthy jets, not 100.
In a future combat zone dominated by advanced 3-D air search radars, directed-energy weapons, electromagnetic railguns, and hypersonic missiles, there is still room — indeed, a strong requirement — for the new B-21 heavy bomber. Analysis suggests that the United States needs a lot of them, far more than the 100 new bombers the Air Force currently desires.
http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/07/us-air-force-needs-164-its-new-bombers-not-100/139770/?oref=d-river