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Old 10-22-2020 | 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ugleeual
I thought the B21 was leaning towards being an unmanned platform?
Apparently nobody is YET willing to allow it to carry nukes without human control on board, although there are those advocating for that to change:

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/201...-day-1/128714/

on the other hand, it’s a bomber. Shoving another thousand pounds or so in it for a couple of crew and their ejection seats is hardly going to affect the performance all that much.
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