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The U.S. Air Force said on Friday that it has awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a successor to the E-4B, known as the Doomsday plane due to its ability to survive a nuclear war.

The Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) project is intended to replace the aging 1970s-era aircraft, which is approaching end-of-service life, an Air Force spokesperson said in a statement.

Work on the SAOC will be carried out in Colorado, Nevada and Ohio and is expected to be completed in 2036, the Air Force added.

Reuters in December reported that the U.S. Air Force eliminated Boeing from its competition to develop a successor to the E-4B Nightwatch.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

$13 billion could save so many lives around the world, bring food and healthcare to so many people...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

Airborne command-and-control for nuclear war also has some pretty direct implications for a lot of lives.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The time you spent browsing and commenting on Lemmy could have been used to help the lives of so many people in need in your area.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Buddy, I'm the one in need of help

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

You and me both brother

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They aren't wrong.

You, on the ather hand, are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

How is taking time to help people in need instead of scrolling wrong?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The us defense budget for '25 is $849 billion. That budget could save everyone, or kill everyone... Instead it'll be used to prepare to kill

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The US military is a larger force for peace than all others throughout history combined.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You understand the difference between specific and general, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You understand that good doesn't wash bad and ER doctors don't get a few freebies to run over people in the parking lot?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good thing those aren’t the same and it’s not at all an apt comparison.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

900,000 dead over a lie.