Hoosier Daddy
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I doubt you're old enough to remember Reagan.
The above 2 posts are filled with ignorance.
bullshit, boy. have somebody read this to you and then spend about 3 weeks 'splaining it to ya-
the B-1 Bomber...sucked. cost over 200 million per plane and never worked. a total fiasco. carter had canceled it and wanted to wait for the B-2 bomber, since experts said the B-1, if it even worked, would be outdated by the mid 90's....
President Reagan revived the B-1 bomber as the centerpiece of his strategic modernization program and deluged the Pentagon with money as a symbol of military resolve. As his term ends, the results of those two fateful decisions are plain to see: a bomber that does not work and a defense industry more ingrained than ever with a culture of corruption and bribery.
Bombers are a necessary part of the nuclear deterrent. Unlike missiles, they can be recalled. Their pilots can search for movable targets. But President Carter had good reason to cancel the expensive new B-1 bomber the Air Force wanted: it would be able to penetrate Moscow's continually improving air defenses until only the mid-1990's.
Mr. Carter decided to wait for the B-2 ''stealth'' bomber, and extend the life of the B-52's by fitting them with cruise missiles launchable from outside Soviet airspace. The B-2 may yet have problems of its own, as a New York Times Magazine article today suggests. But Mr. Carter's skepticism about the B-1 was not misplaced.
The Air Force rushed the plane into production to maximize its brief lifespan. The B-1 was built on time and roughly within cost, but at a terrible price: it doesn't work as promised.
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/17/opinion/the-b-1-comes-home-to-roost.html
MX Missile System-
the good old ICBM missiles on rails!! what a concept. it sucked, cost billions and was kicked to the curb...
and least, but not last, the stupid shit Star Wars missile shield, that never worked but cost billions.