garth@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoWWIII when?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down117
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minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoThe B52 can carry it. But the trick is being able to carry it and not get shot down.
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoWell no, not really. Due to its size and weight, the Northrop B-2 Spirit strategic bomber is currently the only U.S. aircraft in-service that can carry the bomb.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoThe B52 payload capacity is 70,000lbs. The GBU-57 is 30,000 lbs. So B52 can easily carry two. (After all, the b52 was built to carry nukes half way around the globe). They arent configured to carry it simply because its a slow, big target.
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoSo, what I hear you saying, is that it can’t carry it?
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoAnything is possible with enough zipties.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThey did some testing with it, but I don’t think it is fully qualified.
The B52 can carry it. But the trick is being able to carry it and not get shot down.
Well no, not really.
The B52 payload capacity is 70,000lbs. The GBU-57 is 30,000 lbs. So B52 can easily carry two. (After all, the b52 was built to carry nukes half way around the globe). They arent configured to carry it simply because its a slow, big target.
So, what I hear you saying, is that it can’t carry it?
Anything is possible with enough zipties.
They did some testing with it, but I don’t think it is fully qualified.