Will the $55 billion bomber program fly?

By David Axe

The pricetag is at least $55 billion, the design is unsettled and the mission is controversial.

Excerpts from this story referencing "B-1":

"… d thousands of others against insurgents in Afghanistan conducted by older B-1 bombers, while arguing that long-distance, pinpoint expressions of U.S. mi …"

"… e’s track record of making bombers the country can afford is dismal. The B-1 program was cancelled mid-stream by the Carter administration after its co …"

"… research and testing facility in Palmdale, outside Los Angeles, where the B-1s and B-2s were built and where the new bomber will most likely be assemble …"

"… nuclear explosions. That decision reverses the development course of the B-1 and B-2, which were designed to be nuclear-capable from the outset and the …"