CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 hours agothat thing is seriously ancient, I can't believe it's still in usesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1260arrow-down1imagethat thing is seriously ancient, I can't believe it's still in usesh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 hours agoAny piece of military hardware that can outlast the B-52 is probably doing something right.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoThat race is still on though.
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours 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-up9·6 hours 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.
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.