That's both cool and scary that a bomber that old is protecting... well... Louisiana.
I think that number is wrong given that we have 76 B-52s, and about 20 B-2s. We also have about 70 B-1s, but they are technically no longer nuclear capable, though I don't know how the SALT-II treaty treats them since the U.S. had to destroy numerous decommissioned B-52s that were on permanent static display outside museums and airports in order to satisfy the requirements of the SALT and SALT II based on the premise that they COULD be returned to service, at least in principle -- even the decommissioned Titan-II rocket in the museum silo is required to have the silo doors permanently open and the warhead cover removed (it's replaced with a lexan cover) so that Soviet (now Russian) satellites can verify that it is unarmed; so it seems unlikely that they would not insist on counting operational B-1s against the limits.Salt treaty. we are allowed 75 nuclear cspable long range bombers and one was decommisioned. we brought one out of mothball status to maintain the number allowed by treaty
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