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Norman D. Dicks: “there have been two major studies, one by Rand and one by Jasper Welch. I even asked Colin Powell, ``What did you…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
there have been two major studies, one by Rand and one by Jasper Welch. I even asked Colin Powell, ``What did you recommend to Dick Cheney?'' He answered 50. The numbers in the two studies are somewhere between 40 and 60 B-2's are what are required to give our Nation a deterrent force for the next 30 years. The idea that we are going to rely on planes that are today on the average 35 years old I think is a serious mistake in judgment. Stealth is a revolutionary technology. When combined with precision-guided munitions and its range, it gives us a whole new kind of capability.
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Discussing the need for B-2 bombers and the importance of stealth technology in national defense.

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