Please do more research. They are most decidedly not “simply too old”. They have been “refreshed” many times over - from engines, to flight electronics, to targeting and comms systems, to airframe structures, to coffeemaker automation.

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hk1337 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sounds like a lot like ship of Theseus. The B-52 now is not not the same B-52 64 years ago.

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jmalicki 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The airframes still date closer in time to the Wright-Patterson Kitty Hawk flight than to today.

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labcomputer 7 hours ago | parent [-]

How much physics has changed between Kitty Hawk and today?

	▲	jmalicki 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		On a practical level, computer power and FEM etc. have changed aero/astro and the relevant physics at the level you can do engineering with, from people I know in those industries.

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Der_Einzige 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	SteveNuts 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Mentour Pilot covered the B-52 history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbCeKNcr6Wk
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	▲	esseph 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Similarly, the M4 or direct derivatives continuing to be the main rifle for the majority of infantry is also stupid. Man this is so far off topic, but I would consider myself somewhat well educated and personally and professionally experienced on this topic, and I very much would love to know what problems you see with the M4A1 weapon system in 2026.