B-1 Bomber

Motormouth rides in the dangerous skies and drops a nuclear bomb on everything, LITERALLY!

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[TheMK82]

@mrkringlan A gratuitous assertion when you consider that the Blackjack and the Lancer have completely different combat roles. The Blackjack was designed to be a standoff missile platform, while the Lancer was designed for low level interdiction. The Blackjack is bigger, faster, and has a wider range, but the Lancer has a bigger combat payload and superior avionics. BTW, Russian imitation of US aircraft is the sincerest form of flattery.

[FrozenMinnesotan]

@TheMK82 Thank you for your spot on remark. It is sickening to constantly view comments such as mrkringlan's on every B-1B video. I find it humorous when people who have absolutely no clue about military aviation or aviation in general make stupid "mine is better than your's" comments. Unfortunately they spread falsities, so thank you for your correction, so people actually see the truth when they scroll down past the video!

[MickGalaxy]

You've just incinerated 4 million commies...It's Miller Time!

[BrowningThirty]

@pokecrud No, it uses JP-8 aircraft-grade fuel.

[BrowningThirty]

@Kodos13 I couldn't really tell you to be honest. Since the B1 is no longer nuke capable, we don't really deal with HCP much anymore, if at all. I know that the avionics bays have these "slinky"-like things surrounding the outer edges of their access panels and that some jets still have panels that are placed over the windows in the crew compartment. But beyond that, I honestly don't know as most nuclear-devices on the jet were before my time.

[cckid81]

Great video, but try not to misuse the word "literally".  Literally is supposed to mean that something actually happened. The video is cool enough without the hyperbole.

[cckid81]

Would be more accurate to say that the role of both bombers discussed here depended on the weapons they carried. If the B-1 carried ALCM or SRAM, then standoff. B-61 or B-83 bombs, then it would have to fly to the target. The B-1 was designed to penetrate Soviet airspace, slip past whatever PVO/Strany could throw at it, and if need be take out high value hard targets (silos, command bunkers).

[Kodos13]

@n0np01nt

Mach 1.2 (800+ mph, 1400+ kph)

[Kodos13]

@BrowningThirty

Had a question.. beyond the obvious, like the mountings/wiring on the racks and rotary launchers, and the consent/release switches & panels for the 2 crequired crew members (pilot and OSO, I presume), is there anything like the "hardening" of systems to operate in a nuclear enviroment? (similar to E-4 NEACP/NAOC?) Has to be more than the flash curtains they crew had to pull over the windows. Non-classified stuff, of course... thanks

[Kodos13]

@NightFlier1976

Navy types, I guess

[Kodos13]

@mrkringlan

at what? you have to be specific.

seriously, dude, the Bone VS Blackjack debate is settled and done.

and tiresome.



[williebruciestewie]

@TheMK82 They aren't imitating it, they are stealing aircraft designs because their engineers are to stupid to do it themselves.