CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agothat thing is seriously ancient, I can't believe it's still in usesh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1322arrow-down1external-linkthat thing is seriously ancient, I can't believe it's still in usesh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoAny piece of military hardware that can outlast the B-52 is probably doing something right.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoThat race is still on though.
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoTrue, but the B-52’s got a successor coming in, and nothing’s waiting in the wings for the M2.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoThe B52 was replaced by the B-1 Lancer in 1973, and then it was replaced again by the B-2 Spirit in 1987. And yet it’s still here.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhoa there we absolutely replaced the M2. We got the M2A1.
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWell, the receiver got an update, but if you’re gonna count that as a replacement, the B-52 has had a lot of updates too.
Any piece of military hardware that can outlast the B-52 is probably doing something right.
That race is still on though.
True, but the B-52’s got a successor coming in, and nothing’s waiting in the wings for the M2.
The B52 was replaced by the B-1 Lancer in 1973, and then it was replaced again by the B-2 Spirit in 1987.
And yet it’s still here.
Whoa there we absolutely replaced the M2. We got the M2A1.
Well, the receiver got an update, but if you’re gonna count that as a replacement, the B-52 has had a lot of updates too.
That’s the joke