The B-1B Bomber and Options for Enhancements
Author | : Jeffrey A. Merkley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : B-1 bomber |
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Author | : Jeffrey A. Merkley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : B-1 bomber |
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Author | : Jeffrey A. Merkley |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2008-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1437900100 |
The B-1B bomber has many special features that enhance its ability to penetrate Soviet air defenses. Even so, many reported deficiencies -- including shortcomings in the bomber¿s defensive and offensive avionics and a range that is shorter than anticipated -- have instilled doubts about its capability to perform the mission for which it was originally designed. This report raises three fundamental questions: (1) How serious are the deficiencies? (2) Should the U.S. change current plans and use the B-1B bomber as a standoff bomber carrying cruise missiles rather than as a penetrating bomber? (3) What enhancements should the Congress fund to improve the B-1B as either a penetrating bomber or as a standoff bomber? Illustrations.
Author | : Jeffrey A. Merkley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Rockwell B-1 (Bomber) |
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Author | : United States. Congressional Budget Office |
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Author | : Theo Farrell |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2016-07-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1349251097 |
Why are certain weapons acquired in the United States and others not? Theo Farrell addresses this question by examining the strategic, institutional and budgetary issues surrounding four major weapon programmes. Extensive use is made of primary sources in analysing the origins, development and outcomes of these programmes. This book presents alarming evidence to show how the military services manipulate weapons acquisition to suit their own ends rather than national security. It also analyses how Congress, motivated by concerns over cost, comes to play a greater role in shaping programme outcomes once weapons enter production.
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Rockwell B-1 (Bomber) |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : B-1 bomber |
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Author | : United States. Congressional Budget Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Budget |
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Author | : DIANE Publishing Company |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 91 |
Release | : 1996-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0788135759 |
Author | : Thomas Withington |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2012-11-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782006885 |
The development of the B-1B Lancer bomber was difficult to say the least. Originally conceived to fulfill a USAF requirement for an Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft, the original B-1A concept aircraft was accused of being a white elephant, capable of performing nothing which could not be achieved at less financial and human expense than an intercontinental ballistic missile. Cancelled by the Carter administration and finally commissioned by President Reagan as the modified B-1B, the Lancer began its duties as a nuclear-armed bomber in the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War intervened and the jet was removed from its nuclear missions as a result of arms control legislation. However, the 1990s saw the metamorphosis of the Lancer into a potent conventional weapons carrier which has seen action in Iraq, the Balkans and Afghanistan. The Lancer has proved its critics wrong in demonstrating its use as a highly flexible and hard-working bomber, able to undertake diverse missions ranging from CAS to the targeting of weapons-of-mass-destruction installations.