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Re:The New B-21 Stealth Bomber to Be Revealed Later This Yea... by throw0101a on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:36AM (#32224068)
> Do we still need bomber aircraft when we can launch extremely accurate missiles from practically anywhere?

Are there bunker busting missiles, or is a bomb needed to go down vertically to penetrate?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker_buster

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Re:The New B-21 Stealth Bomber to Be Revealed Later This Yea... by MichaelCollins on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:56AM (#32224342)
There have been actually, like the W86 thrown with a Pershing II. Part of the US's nuclear deterrence strategy was developing technology that would allow enemy leadership to be killed no matter where they tried to hide.
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