Originally Posted by KA350Driver

Anyways, back to the topic on hand. This entire project will be a complete waste of money. My personal opinion is that long range strike, be it manned or unmanned, and even tactical aviation to a lesser extent, will be obsolete by the time this bomber is operational. It's like the battleship of 1941, everyone can see the writing on the wall but they just don't want to admit it. The fact is that naval vessels can launch cruise missiles thousands of miles and hit any target in the world. The same can he said of land based cruise missiles. The same can be said for CAS. Mortars, artillery and surface to surface missiles are becoming more accurate and more flexible by the day and they don't require near the logistics train or training costs of developing and manning a bomber and tactical aircraft force. Obviously our capability to do that isn't there yet but it could he before trillions are spent on this bomber. And it would be a more efficient use of our tax dollars. We'd be better served spending money on more naval vessels, both surface and subs, and more advanced ground based fire support systems than wasting money on a long range bomber fleet.