A precisely guided analytic bomb: the defense department's Heavy Bomber Force Study
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The 1995 Heavy Bomber Force Study (HBFS) failed to appreciate the number of B-2 bombers necessary for US involvement in conventional conflicts, because it failed to account for all military contingencies. The HBFS indicated that US plans for a bomber force which includes 20 B-2 bombers will meet strategic requirements. However, failure to continue B-2 production would leave the US with inadequate long-range air power to meet contingencies including minimal warning of conflict, lack of sufficient tactical air power in the conflict region and the simultaneous outbreak of more than one conflict.
Publication Name: Comparative Strategy
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0149-5933
Year: 1997
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Dealing with future nuclear dangers
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The US defense strategy does not involve adequate response planning for the usage of a few nuclear weapons. The cold-war nuclear deterrence policy successfully prevented a global crisis, but the international situation is changing, and the US has failed to acknowledge the potential of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The US should give urgent consideration to the consequences of a next use of nuclear weapons as there is an increasing possibility of nuclear weapon deployment in the first decade of the 21st century, perhaps by a terrorist group or a regional power.
Publication Name: Comparative Strategy
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0149-5933
Year: 1997
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Strengthening the "Spirit": increasing the utility of the B-2 bomber for twenty-first century conflict
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The B-2 Spirit bomber may still be useful for future international conflicts from 2010 to 2025. It could be deployed in missions involving neutralization of air defenses, reinforcement of ground forces and counterforce operations to curb weapons of mass destruction. Certain modifications can also enhance its usefulness. These include additional kinetic or energy directed weapons that could intercept missiles in flight and enhanced counterair attack capabilities.
Publication Name: Comparative Strategy
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0149-5933
Year: 1998
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