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The answer to the trivia question is, of course, "it depends." It depends
on a whole host of circumstantial factors -- which jet, which targets, which weapons, range to target area, tankers available etc etc etc. BUT, I was glad to see the Navy finally get on-board with the SDB program since ONE B-1 can carry 288 of 'em. If the CV boys could only carry the heavier iron (at 3-4 per jet) -- do the math... "Guy Alcala" wrote in message . .. Pechs1 wrote: guy- ice- (A trivia question -- how many CV sorties does it take to cover the same number of DMPIs that ONE B-1 with a full load of SDBs can cover? BRBR I'm not 'ice', guess you aren't either..gotta love the ng.... I know you're not 'ice'. He posed the above question, you then replied "One F-18, after the B-1 gets bagged....", and I replied to you "Don't see why . . . " etc.. Are we all clear now, about who was saying what to whom? ;-) Guy |
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