$1.2bil goes down in spectacular fireball

[PLATO]

B-2 Spirit Specifications
Primary Function: Multi-role heavy bomber

Contractor: Northrop Grumman Corp.

Crew: Two pilots

Unit Cost: Approximately $1.157 billion

Powerplant
Four General Electric F-118-GE-100 engines (17,300 lb each)

Dimensions
Length: 69 feet (20.9 meters)
Wingspan: 172 feet (52.12 meters)
Height: 17 feet (5.1 meters)

Weights
Empty: 162,000 lb (73,482 kg)
Typical Takeoff: 336,500 lb (152,634 kg)

Performance
Speed: High subsonic
Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,152 meters)
Range: Intercontinental, unrefueled

Armament
NUCLEAR
16 B61
16 B83

CONVENTIONAL
80 MK82
16 MK84
36 CBU87
36 CBU89
36 CBU97 PRECISION
16 JDAM (2,000 lb GBU-31)
8 AGM-154 JSOW
8 GBU-37 Bunker Busters
8 EGBU-28 (Enhanced GBU-37)
AGM-158 (JASSM)

Service Life
First Flight: July 17, 1989
End of Service: N/A
Number Built: [21 total]

[PLATO]

B-52 Stratofortress Specifications

Primary Function: Heavy bomber

Contractor: Boeing Military Airplane Co.

Crew: Five (aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer)

Unit Cost: $53.4 million

Powerplant
Eight Pratt & Whitney engines TF33-P-3/103 turbofan (up to 17,000 pounds each)

Dimensions
Length: 159 feet, 4 inches (48.5 meters)
Wingspan: 185 feet (56.4 meters)
Height: 40 feet, 8 inches (12.4 meters)

Weights
Empty: 185,000 lb (83,250 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff: 488,000 pounds (219,600 kilograms)

Performance
Speed: 650 miles per hour (Mach 0.86)
Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,151.5 meters)
Range: Unrefueled 8,800 miles (7,652 nautical miles)

Armament
Approximately 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms) mixed ordnance -- bombs, mines and missiles. (Modified to carry air-launched cruise missiles, Harpoon anti-ship and Have Nap missiles.)

Service Life
First Flight: April 15, 1952 (YB-52)
August 5, 1954 (B-52A)
January 25, 1955 (B-52B)
March 9, 1956 (B-52C)
End of Service: N/A
Number Built: 744 total

[Alinestra Covelia]

"Where's Major Kong?"

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
They can recover part of it by licensing the movie rights to Hollywood. (With extra explosions.)

And then they can license the use of the cockpit (har har) for use in the adult film industry to make up whatever's left over.

Actually, the best porn movie title and subtitle I've ever seen was:

COCKPIT!
Everybody's going down!