• tal@lemmy.today
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    8 hours ago

    Any piece of military hardware that can outlast the B-52 is probably doing something right.

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        5 hours ago

        True, but the B-52’s got a successor coming in, and nothing’s waiting in the wings for the M2.

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          3 hours ago

          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.