@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 17 hours agothat thing is seriously ancient, I can't believe it's still in usesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1242arrow-down1imagethat thing is seriously ancient, I can't believe it's still in usesh.itjust.works@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 17 hours agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•9 hours agoAny piece of military hardware that can outlast the B-52 is probably doing something right.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•5 hours agoTrue, but the B-52’s got a successor coming in, and nothing’s waiting in the wings for the M2.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 hours agoThe B52 was replaced by the B-1 Lancer in 1973, and then it was replaced again by the B-2 Spirit in 1987. And yet it’s still here.
Any piece of military hardware that can outlast the B-52 is probably doing something right.
That race is still on though.
True, but the B-52’s got a successor coming in, and nothing’s waiting in the wings for the M2.
The B52 was replaced by the B-1 Lancer in 1973, and then it was replaced again by the B-2 Spirit in 1987.
And yet it’s still here.