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Old August 24th 03, 11:20 AM
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So, does that mean a B29 flying counts against the treaty for
delivery systems since the B29 had a model that was nuclear
payload capable?


Probably not, since the 29 wasn't designed as a nuclear delivery
system, while the 36 was. (Well, okay, so it wasn't; but it was a
nuclear delivery system from the day it went into service. As I
recall, its first operational test was to fly from Fort Worth to
Hawaii, drop a 10,000-lb block of something into the ocean, and fly
home again without refueling. Wasn't that on Dec 7, to make the point
even more obvious?)

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