Title: WHY EVEN A SINGLE B2 COULD BE ENOUGH TO TAKE OUT NORTH KOREAN MILITARY? Source:
[None] URL Source:https://youtu.be/MbI1fULINek?t=320 Published:Aug 1, 2017 Author:Defense Updates Post Date:2017-12-16 09:41:23 by BTP Holdings Keywords:None Views:167 Comments:21
Poster Comment:
Would the U.S. be so insane as to initiate a nuclear strike against North Korea? China needs to get moving and control Kim.
The B-2s boast special shaping and coatings to help them avoid detection. They have dropped bombs during U.S. operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya—sometimes flying non-stop from their main base in Missouri.
But the B-2s’ pilots—there have been only around 600—don’t get much practice. Their planes are complex, unreliable and too expensive to risk in everyday training.
Just nine or so B-2s are flight-ready at any given time. The rest are in maintenance or getting upgraded. A single hour of flying in a B-2 sets back the Air Force as much as $170,000—that’s 10 times what an A-10 attack jet costs.
“We have to be kind of careful with what we do,” B-2 pilot Capt. Dan St. Clair told Hunter. “Obviously we have to preserve [the B-2s]—an incredibly expensive bill was paid for them.”
St. Clair went on to say that B-2 pilots get to fly “between one and three” sorties per month. A single flight could last as many as 20 hours—or as few as three.