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America's Next Bomber: Unmanned, Unlimited Range, Aimed At China
An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. military is developing its next generation bomber with Chinese anti-access strategy — the ability to stop any enemy force from coming to fight with things like carrier killer missiles — in mind. The new bomber will replace older platforms like the 1950's B-52, the 1970's B-1, and 1990's B-2 stealth bomber. The new bomber will sport some unique qualities. It will have an option to be unmanned, will act similar to a UAV, have better stealth capabilities, will be connected to U.S. intelligence networks to create a 'smart' battlefield environment, and have near unlimited range thanks to in-air refueling."
Yep. The best way to 'fight' China is to make the Chinese economy dependent on the USA. Ship them cheap Pentiums instead of giving them breathing space to develop their own CPU to replace their dependency on USA made ones. etc.
Problem is, that won't gain many redneck votes.
Just watch how many slashdot readers (supposedly the intellectuals) will join the military dick waving below. Multiply that by a thousand for all the pickup truck drivers out there and you can see the real problem.