America sends nuclear-capable stealth bombers to scare South Korea into submission

franktheplank

What's the point in sending a stealth bomber?

Whose gonna see it innit?

Overheal

franktheplank wrote: »

What's the point in sending a stealth bomber?

Whose gonna see it innit?

Nobody under normal circumstances, but making it public knowledge is just a nod to DPRK to be on the lookout for it and hopefully realize how helpless they are against a stealth bomber.

Personally, I suspect that for the training runs at least one warhead will be carried along, for testing purposes (payload, instrumentation etc). Oh I doubt the Koreans even have radiological detection, but how much of a fright would you get from a radiological alarm suddenly appearing over your capital without warning? Quite a huge scare I imagine.

Killer Wench

My dad was stationed at Whiteman as it transitioned from a missile base to the home of the stealth bomber. The size and shape of those jets just seem intimidating.

Overheal

Indeed - 174ft wingspan, which is wider than the C-17 (a big ****ing cargo plane, if youve seen one):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-yYHdlkn2o

Super-Rush

No need for two threads.