Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN
The B-1B’s second life: A missile-heavy super bomber the West can field now
The most significant improvement which has been made by the B-1B Lancer is not an engine or a stealth coating. It is a simple concept with acetylsopic dimensions: to convert unused external space that ...
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The US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber’s fatal flaw can never be fixed
The B-1B Lancer has spent recent years shuttling between deployments and groundings as maintainers struggle to keep a shrinking fleet airworthy. In fiscal year 2023 its mission capable rate fell below ...
The B-1 Lancer program was curtailed in the 1970s as an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars. That changed when Ronald Reagan entered office. The B-1B Lancer was conceived as a key leg of America’s ...
Originally conceived as a supersonic long-range strategic nuclear heavy bomber, the B-1 has evolved into a very effective multi-role conventional warplane. A product of the Cold War, the North ...
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