CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 26 days agothat thing is seriously ancient, I can't believe it's still in usesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1322arrow-down1imagethat thing is seriously ancient, I can't believe it's still in usesh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·25 days agoAny piece of military hardware that can outlast the B-52 is probably doing something right.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·25 days agoThat race is still on though.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·25 days agoTrue, but the B-52’s got a successor coming in, and nothing’s waiting in the wings for the M2.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·25 days 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.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 days agoWhoa there we absolutely replaced the M2. We got the M2A1.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 days agoWell, the receiver got an update, but if you’re gonna count that as a replacement, the B-52 has had a lot of updates too.
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.
Whoa there we absolutely replaced the M2. We got the M2A1.
Well, the receiver got an update, but if you’re gonna count that as a replacement, the B-52 has had a lot of updates too.
That’s the joke