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B-1 Pilots Turn Their Bombsights to the Pacific
Popular Mechanics ^ | April 9, 2012 | Joe Pappalardo

Posted on 04/09/2012 9:37:08 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

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To: Little Ray

Another link regarding maritime strike tests of the B-1B in Sep 2011 using JDAMs.

http://www.eglin.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123272540


21 posted on 04/10/2012 8:52:02 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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Just think what 8 B-1Bs could do to any surface fleet in the world. They’d have 384 Harpoons going down range. You could carve your way to the heart of any any surface group with that!

Unfortunately, I think that would seriously deplete or even wipe out our stock of air-launched Harpoons...


22 posted on 04/11/2012 1:59:31 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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