B-2 US Air Force Bomber in 1:72 Scale
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Yes, the ability to detect nd then track almost any ICBM, or even SRBMs has been perfected and in many ways...from ground based, to air based, to space based detection gear.Jeff Head
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He have also IIRC a PESA radar especialy for track Soviet mobile ICBMS SS-25 mainly based in Siberia/Ural all the ICBMs bases are spread along the Trans-Siberian reading Soviet Military Power at this time but young
And, with the interceptors on the west coast, the proliferating AEGIS-Ashore, and AEGIS at se, as well as THAADS and Patriot batteries, the abilty to shoot down small scale attacks is also now available to any wetern country who really wants it and is willing to become a close ally of the US.
The B-2 is something that still instills fear in any opposition force.
They have now been flying in non-nuclear, small scale wars and proven themselves to be extremely stealthy.
There has not been a single missile fired at one and I can reliably tell you that they have never been locked onto. I doubt whether they have ever been see electronically...but do not know that one for sure. Only those nations on the receiving end know for sure, though I am sure our own gear has been used in testing against them too...but such results one way or the other would never be released.
When you consider the SR-71 and all of the years through the cold war that it flew right over Soviet territory even when they had developed very sophisticated AAW defenses...not one of those aircraft was ever shot down...though I believe they were shot at...through the grapevine.
When I consider the many years they flew at Mach 3+ and 80,000+ feet over the Soviet Union on Recon missions...and the results...I have to say that I honestly believe that the B-70 would have been able to do the same had we built her and not backed out of the contract that had been let to North American at the time to build the 1st 60 aircraft.
That aircraft, IMHO, is among the most beautiful large aircraft after built and flown. And Mach 3+ at 80,000 feet with a load about the size of a B-52 load would have to this day been something almost impossible to stop.
I am building a 1/72 scale one of those right now as my next aircraft.
Here's a couple of pics:
Should be finished next week some time.
Here's a pic of the real thing:
