"Roger Long" wrote:
"Using the B-52 as our main bomber is the same thing -- in terms of
years --
as using a three-masted schooner to battle the Japanese fleet in World War
II."

If you do the math, it's true. Amazing.

How does he figure that? Sail-less, steam-powered warships appeared more
than 50 years before WW II.
http://www.gwpda.org/naval/scnavdes.htm

It's a misleading comparison, anyway. Technological progress is not linear,
but proceeds in spurts separated by periods of little fundamental change.
Other than its stealthiness, the B-2 offers little operational advantage
over a modernized B-52 for most missions, and even has some disadvantages
vs. the BUFF in terms of its logistical requirements, not to mention its
absurd cost.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM