Nothrup Grumman B-2 Stealth Bomber (Photo from Military Channel)From Reuters:
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates threw his support on Wednesday behind an on-again, off-again plan to develop a new long-range U.S. bomber, citing the military modernization of China.
"I am committed to seeing the United States has an airborne long-range strike capability," Gates said at an annual conference of the U.S. Air Force Association, an advocacy group.
He said the United States should be less concerned with a toe-to-toe challenge from "countries like China" and "more concerned with their ability to disrupt our freedom of movement and narrow our strategic options."
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My Comment: At $2 billion per B-2 copy .... I do not feel confident that we will have a new bomber (a B-3) that will be cheaper and/or meet the expectations of what the planners want. The Air Force has a lousy history when it comes to these projects, and instead of becoming better at handling them .... it appears that they are actually getting worse.
I do not expect this "tradition" to change, even with Robert Gates at the helm.
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