Word: bomber
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Stealth bomber, recently unveiled to the public, has long been popular in the American mind--witness commercials comparing Japanese cars to the sleek plane. This has created a difficult dilemma for President-elect George Bush. Because of its ability to avoid Soviet radar detection in flight, the Stealth is highly attractive to both the public and the defense establishment. But in view of the $500 million-a-piece price tag, Bush must decide whether we can really afford building these expensive new machines...
These sources say the satellite, named Lacrosse, can form radar images of key Soviet military sites. US intelligence officials could use the information to confirm Soviet compliance with arms control treaties and to help guide the new B2 stealth bomber...
...panic, I told myself. This is not a real cockpit, but a computer simulation of an American plane so classified that the Pentagon refuses even to admit that it exists. Although the Air Force is about to unveil its B-2 Stealth bomber, deep secrecy surrounds the smaller but equally advanced F-19, also known as the Stealth fighter. Even so, aviation buffs who study the Pentagon know a great deal about the covert craft. Novelist Tom Clancy featured it in his best seller Red Storm Rising, and Testor Corp. is selling detailed plastic-model F-19 kits...
...discomfort of conservative hard-liners, budget compromise appears inevitable. The Pentagon will need $475 billion in added spending over the next five years merely to finish projects started under Reagan, and that doesn't include various expensive weapons -- the Stealth bomber, Seawolf submarine, D5 Trident missile -- soon to be out of development and ready for production. Bailing out faltering savings and loan companies and updating antiquated nuclear-production plans may require $70 billion more in new funding. Bush himself, by James Baker's count, has proposed $40 billion in additional spending for new domestic initiatives, including more than $6 billion...
...remembered as the man who kicked a pair of 47-yd. field goals against Boston University three weeks ago, not as the man who is averaging 30.2 yards per punt. If the game is close in the late going. Coach Joe Restic will not hesitate to use The Blond Bomber from long range...