Janes us reporting that the US Air Force is currently looking into studies to modify some B-52H Stratofortresses for standoff electronic-attack missions. The size, range, and loiter time - you know, those things built into nuclear bombers - would allow it to hover over an area long enough to jam enemy electronics and deploy all of the weapons carried on board. Since we are talking about the B-52, we know that a wide range of goodies could be placed in the bomb bays of these beauts.
The Core Component Jammer (CCJ) programme commenced on 23 June, when Boeing was awarded a USD14.9 million contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to develop and mature technologies required to enable airborne electronic attack from long distances.
The contract includes systems engineering studies focusing on potential pod installation on the B-52H aircraft, as the designated demonstration airframe, advancing the technology required for the planned CCJ.
Maybe all of those Dale Brown books weren't so far off.
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