Reply With QuoteThey need to get a decent ASALM-type weapon for it. Too bad DARPA, in it's infinite wisdom, cancelled LRASM-B. Too hard.
B-1 bomber mission shifts from Afghanistan to China, Pacific
http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...egy/56097706/1President Obama's new military strategy is taking shape here on the sun-seared grasslands of West Texas where B-1 bomber pilots train.
The strategy pivots from missions over the deserts and mountains of Afghanistan to targets on the sea and, though the military doesn't come out directly and say it, in China. "We're going back to the future," says Col. David Been, commander of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess. "As the balance shifts from almost exclusively Afghanistan right now, we're shifting to the Asia-Pacific region."
After a decade of ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — 6,350 Americans killed and more than $1 trillion spent — Obama announced the new strategy in January that looks to counter the rising power of China. The changing role of the B-1 is a prime example of how the Air Force is responding.
Suddenly, the B-1, a plane that once seemed irrelevant after the end of the Cold War, is being repurposed again. First, the B-1 became the workhorse of the air war in Afghanistan. Now, as the Pentagon's strategic vision shifts to Asia, so too is the B-1.
+ nice inforgraphic at link
They need to get a decent ASALM-type weapon for it. Too bad DARPA, in it's infinite wisdom, cancelled LRASM-B. Too hard.
Maybe this makes a good opportunity to "unfreeze" the B1-R program
Once I saw one taking off when I was in the US, an amazing beast.
What in the world would defense contractors do without China?
Thank you our little Communist friends...
Probably go out of business. Then we'd be up $hit creek next time we needed something.Originally Posted by Laworkerbee
So those aren't AMRAAMs?
After reading the article, i feel misdirected
JSOW-C1 is a decent AShW and they can always finish the -ER version.
btw, I think it was the DoD not DARPA which cancelled LRASM-B.
Yeah, China has a history of being a hostile nation.
Yeah, what was the last nation that China initiated an attack on?Yeah, China has a history of being a hostile nation.
That would explain why so many of her neighbors are arming themselves as fast as they can and cuddling up to the US.Yeah, China has a history of being a hostile nation.
I'll consider them a threat when they actually do something.
Well they do, unless your notion of history doesn't extend beyond a couple hundred years.Yeah, China has a history of being a hostile nation.
Yeah, I'm deeply concerned about something they did two hundred years ago. Just a reason to keep the defense contractors doing their thing.
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