Maj. Gen. James Dawkins Jr. (middle), Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, is briefed at RAF Fairford, England, April 4, 2019. (Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick/U.S. Air Force)
Military.com: Putting Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert Would Exhaust the Force, General Says
A requirement to return a portion of the Air Force bomber fleet to alert status ultimately would deteriorate and exhaust the force, a key general said Thursday.
While the Air Force routinely trains to deploy bombers at a moment's notice and conduct a nuclear strike anywhere in the world, returning to a full-time alert status could not "be done forever," Lt. Gen. James Dawkins, the service's deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, said this week at a Mitchell Institute virtual event.
Such a mission would require a substantial increase in resources, Dawkins said.
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WNU editor: Here is an easy prediction. The Biden White House is not going to OK a budget request to make this possible.
Bombers are 1/3rd the triad. The usual grifting miserable suspects thought Trump updating the nuclear force was a bad idea. Looks like genius now. But President Marionette and his hostage takers want to stiff the nuclear force and use it to pay off their union backers.
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Convince me Russ. China his aggressive. They have 33% more bomber than we do. I do not know the quality of their bombers. It may not be anything to be worried about, but on the face of it, at first blush, it is. Their bomber fleet does not impress me. But they won't stay that way. And they graduate more engineers. Meanwhile our colleges are going into full melt down mode. So would not expect to make up for quantity with quality.
We can track submarines better and better everyday.
https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2012/08/satellite-detection-of-submarines.html
It might be a matter of how many decimal points you want to or can go. China could potentially keep US subs east of the Okinawan Trench and the Bashan Passage. If they can do that with a Sonar net, drones and other stuff, they can send their attack subs east of there looking. At the link there is one way that is not mentioned and it is obvious, if you have ever sat for Coast Guard exams.
I am just concerned that we are slighting all 3 legs of the triad. Don't update the nuclear missile force, because of money. We have to spend to spend it on women beating thugs like Daunte Wright and George Floyd.
Put the the nuclear missile part of the triad on fewer and fewer platforms.
Have fewer and fewer tails for the bomber fleet and do not keep them at readiness at a moments notice.
If they want to start a nuclear war on purpose, by accident or by inviting aggression, it is very obvious where to live.
China is* aggressive.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, 8:49.