November 15. 1974
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THE B-l BOMBER
submitted by the American
Friends Service Committee
The B-l Bomber is the Air
Force's proposed replacement
for the B-52 and FB-111
bombers --a manned, nuclear
and conventional, supersonic
and subsonic plane that, when
finished, will be the* largest,
most expensive weapons
system ever built. Total cost
estimates for research and
development, production, and
support systems for -241
bombers range from $43
billion to over $75 billion.
The B : 1 is being developed
with the following features:
♦Twice the bomb tonnage of
the B-52: 24 nuclear tipped
missiles or 50,000 lbs.
♦Swing wings that can be
swept back for supersonic
flight and straightened out for
subsonic flight and takeoff and
landing
♦Most advanced electronic
systems for automated war
fare
♦Capacity for use of 'laser
death ray', when perfected
WHAT WILL THE B-l COST?
Total cost estimates for the
B-l, if fully produced (241
planes plus tanker fleet,
operation/maintenance, infla
tion and equipment), vary
greatly. The Air Force refuses
to make public its own
estimates, and instead win
only talk about "stripped unit
procurement cost". Even this
figure continued to rise,
however.. From an initial
estimate of $32 million per
plane in 1970, the Air Force
has grudgingly raised its price
per plane estimate to $56
million in 1973. It is quite
possible that each plane may
eventually approach SBO to S9O
million. Total B-l System
estimates have been made by
Princeton University and
Members of Congress for
Peace through Law, and range
from $47.2 to $75 billion.
Even the lesser, confiden
tial Air Force estimate of $43.9
billion would make the B-l
system the most expensive
weapons system ever built.
SIOOO per American family
—in the face of the fact that 26
million Americans, 15% of the
population, are below the
poverty income line of S3OOO
and ten million Americans are
malnourished. Militarism and
consumerism continue to be
overdeveloped, while social
services are constantly under
funded. While a large part of
society has been forced to
forgo or curtail the purchase of
needed goods, due to reduced
purchasing power, inflation or
lack of employment, corporate
profits have been skyrocket
ing.
THE GUILFORDIAN
The B-l is not only an
element in the continuing war
against the less developed and
the underprotected, it is also
an element in the deprivation
of all American people, hat
SSO billion is taking food out of
our mouths, teachers out of
our classrooms, and hospitals
out of our cities.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT
THE B-l BOMBER?
The American Friends
Service Committee is mount
ing a nationwide campaign to
stop the development and
production of the B-l Bomber
system and to educate the
American people about the
role corporations play in the
development of such wasteful
military systems with such
high potential for injury to
third world peoples. This
campaign will focus upon *
education about the B-l, its
proposed use, and the
corporations which have
developed it * visits to
corporations, discussions with
stockholders ""demonstrations
and protests against the B-l
♦organizing of people in local
communities to oppose the B-l
and to persuade their
Representatives to oppose it.
This campaign depends upon
the support and participation
of people who oppose the B-l
to help do something about it.
Science Education
CHAPEL HILL - The
Morehead Planetarium has
designed a special program
about celestial bodies for
students.
The program, called "Ce
lestial Dynamics", demon
strates the real and apparent
motions of celestial bodies as
seen from the earth.
The show was added new
this year to the Planetarium's
special series of programs for
public schools.
It highlights what can be
seen at twilight, the motions
of the moon and sun, celestial
coordinates and the motions of
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