Military of China, force comment.
Military of China, force comment.

<span class="img_descr" Figure: U.S. Air Force active-duty B-52H strategic bombers.

in the newly released fiscal year 2013 defense budget, U.S. Department of Defense as a “long-range strike (LongRangeStrike, LRS) project applied for funding of nearly $ 292 million in 2013 to 2017 fiscal year for many years Defense Planning (FYDP) for the project, provision was made for $ 6.3 billion. In the LRS, the next-generation bomber program (also known as long-range strike bomber LongRangeStrike-Bomber, and LRS-B) is a major component.

according to the U.S. Air Force’s current plan, the new bomber in 2025 serving a total purchase number is 80-100. Addition to long-range strike, the new bomber will have the intelligence gathering, electronic warfare, and integrated/integration of other sensors ability to take advantage of the stealth ability to break through the enemy’s air defense system.

U.S. Department of Defense Auditor-General Robert Hale, the proposed new bombers target is priced at $ 550 million, adding that the Defense Department unit price as an important indicator, this tough requirements. Recently, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta disclosure requirements in the U.S. Air Force to reduce the cost of this project. U.S. Air Force General Staff

General Norton Schwartz,

long said, the U.S. Air Force will do our utmost to prevent the excess of requirements and high indicators of a new bomber, so as not to repeat the B-2 bomber project in the past.

At the same time, before in Washington, U.S. defense technology and the economy can withstand the requirements of the industry managers and experts have put forward some new ideas for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation bomber. In their view, taking into account future to replace the obsolete B-1 and B-52 bombers of the U.S. Air Force aircraft may be as high as 200. In addition, they also believe that the target proposed by the U.S. Department of Defense unit price is too optimistic.

Air Force Association, William Mitchell, Brigadier General Rebecca Grant, director of the Institute of air power, and John Clay, the former commander of U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command will agree that, in order to maintain an adequate deterrent force, the Air Force needs a greater number of new bombers. Grant also asked: If you want a new bomber in the next 40 years to maintain the effectiveness of the design should be to consider the argument for the future

into new technologies to facilitate, at least to take account of future installation of the needs of laser weapons. Craig also believes that the new bomber should leave a large margin, in order to install a small reusable weapons, long-range radar and electronic attack effects assessment equipment.

Grant also proposed a new bomber than the B-2 fly faster, she believes “the industry in the United States to create a type, at least in a dive can reach supersonic stealth bomber. At the same time, the new bomber should have better stealth capabilities. The reason is that the “air defense system is to continue to escalate and spread of … even air defense system will also have a big problem in the 2003 war in Iraq, the Iraqi army launched the 3884 anti-aircraft missiles within 25 days, the 66% of the mobile surface to air missile launching device was not found in the 1999 Kosovo war, Serbia launched in 78 days, 894 surface-to-air missiles, and then consider the future of the United States will face a much more advanced air defense system , Grant stressed that the U.S. need to continuously strengthen the ability of long-range strike fighter and the Asia-Pacific countries in the region. (Zhang Yang)

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