christopher
@christopher
Just read an entire Wikipedia page on the B2 bomber. Northrop created all the elements from scratch. Tools, tests, systems, software. Grew up obsessed with fighter jets and stealth bombers, and it's happening all over again.
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tricil
@tricil.eth
Are we scrambling these?
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christopher
@christopher
Yeah to reach underground nuclear labs. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/us-military-assets-missile-launch-sites-iran-fordow
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rish
@rish
Would be surprising if we end up flying B2s over Iran
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christopher
@christopher
Honored to have you as our flight captain on the deployment 🫡
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rish
@rish
I said that initially because I was like we don't need stealth over that airspace but seems like the bombs are b52 specific so uh this might happen lol
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tricil
@tricil.eth
You don’t think they’ve figured out a way to do payloads in the newer jets by now? (honestly, not facetious)
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rish
@rish
the article christopher linked above says the bombs are b52 specific so that's what I am basing this on
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