First we have an airplane that in today's dollars cost 1.1 Billion dollars a piece.
Second we have a fleet of 19 of these airplanes.
Third we have two of them being sent on a transcontinental mission to drop a total of 45 JDAMs.
We have mission failure. We have a glamour shot. We have the USAF trying to justify a ridiculously expensive airplane while lobbying for more (NGB).
We have a service without a vision of the future.
Shoot down the idea that this was a silly waste of resources that ultimately wasn't needed and one that took support away from the main effort and all you're doing is ignoring the obvious.
Lastly...if the mission was so necessary for the success of the air war then why haven't they duplicated the effort? The Navy did with its Cruise Missile Strikes...the Brits did with its Tornado missions...the USAF has had F-15E's flying continously....so why no more B-2 missions?
Because it isn't necessary.
Time to put this turkey out of its misery. Kill the B-2 and save money. Put Nuclear strike in the hands of the Navy's Trident Missile Subs and be done with it.
UPDATE*
SMSgt Mac has a website called Elements of Power. Would you believe he has written a rebuttal to this post? Check him out.
