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Northrop Grumman, US Air Force Demonstrate 'Smart' Weapon For B-2 Stealth Bomber
Spacemart.com ^ | February 2, 2006

Posted on 02/02/2006 5:33:13 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME

El Segundo CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2006 Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force have successfully demonstrated the integration of a munition on the B-2 stealth bomber that incorporates an improved, penetrating warhead with an upgraded guidance kit.

"The demonstration represents another example of our commitment to maintain the B-2's flexibility to employ a variety of advanced weapons," said Mike Galaway, director of B-2 product development and delivery at Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector. "We also want to ensure that the nation's No. 1 long-range strike asset remains the most versatile and lethal bomber in the inventory."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: b2; b2bomber; defensecontractors; northgrumman; smartbombs; stealth; usairforce
This sound like the project that was researching smaller penetrating bunker busting nukes. Good news, no one can rival our bomber fleet of B2's,B1-B's, and B-52's.


1 posted on 02/02/2006 5:33:15 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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When do they start the live testing in Iran and Syria ????


2 posted on 02/02/2006 5:35:49 AM PST by IrishMike
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To: IrishMike

15 minutes. ;-)


3 posted on 02/02/2006 5:37:00 AM PST by verity (The MSM is comprised of useless eaters)
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To: verity

GOOD..............
Who's first ?????


4 posted on 02/02/2006 5:39:51 AM PST by IrishMike
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To: IrishMike

OPSEC SAVES. [Can't tell you] lol


5 posted on 02/02/2006 5:44:02 AM PST by verity (The MSM is comprised of useless eaters)
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To: MARKUSPRIME

Great Photo! I was watching a rerun of a Discovery or History channel program about flying wings, and it always amazes me that the concept is circa late 40's and only needed the development of computers to make it work.


6 posted on 02/02/2006 5:45:44 AM PST by neodad (Rock Chock Seahawks)
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True... BUT
I was thinking they may run Deeper ... not Away


7 posted on 02/02/2006 5:50:13 AM PST by IrishMike
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