Eli5 why does the US still use a bomber from the 1950s when they have built two newer ones since then?
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Under arms control treaties such as START, the number of nuclear capable bombers was capped. So creating a new bomber required scrapping an existing working B-52. Newer bombers don’t offer much of a capability upgrade over the existing B-52s, and would also require a new trading pipeline for air and ground crews. Why spend the money?
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