But everybody knows he needs a liberal to stop the court from moving further to the right than it already has under John Roberts, the present chief justice, a man more stealth-bomber than aircraft-carrier, whose professions of judicial modesty during his own confirmation hearings in 2005 gave little inkling of the controversial decisions over which he has since presided.
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The Massachusetts senator voted against defense appropriations bills that included money for weapons such as the Patriot missile, the Tomahawk cruise missile and the B-2 stealth bomber -- all of which military leaders say have become integral to the U.S. force and were crucial to winning the 1991 Gulf war and last year's war in Iraq.
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Had the early problems it experienced fatal crashes, shortfalls in initial radar cross-section performance and other design problems been made public at the time, the naysayers might have succeeded in preventing the United States from having a Stealth fighter-bomber in the arsenal when it was needed.
Boeing received a contract in 2009 to fit the weapon on the U.S.'s B-2 Stealth Bomber.
Arguably, the system most in jeopardy, however, is a cousin of the F-117 the B-2 Stealth bomber.
The idea is a straightforward one: The Bush White House and Pentagon have made a relatively concerted effort to obtain the funding required for the B-2 Stealth bomber.
The B-2 stealth bomber, although expensive, can nonetheless save money.
In several respects, such as the presence of the B-2 stealth bomber, the availability of large stocks of precision weapons, the improvements in digital communications, and the increased numbers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it was a much better force.
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In this regard, the United States should initiate production and deployment of the B-2 "stealth" bomber whose "low observable" technology represents an area of significant competitive advantage for the United States.
In recent weeks, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to sharply reduce the amounts requested for the rail-mobile MX and the road-mobile Midgetman missile, for the B-2 "Stealth" bomber and the advanced cruise missile, and for the Strategic Defense Initiative in the FY1990 Defense authorization bill.
The Roundtable then considered the contribution made to the power-projection capabilities of the U.S. manned bomber force by the B-2's stealth technology and its ability to deliver large payloads over intercontinental distances.
The drone is a wing-shaped aircraft, like the stealth bomber, a design that is supposed to make it less visible to radar.
Not to be outdone, UK-based Stealth Electric Bikes recently released the Bomber, a burly electric bike that would fit in well with the Dark Knight's fleet of stealthy vehicles.
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