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STARTLING ACCUSATIONS ABOUT B-2 STEALTH BOMBER
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World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
08-21-1997
PETER JENNINGS: On the subject of how money gets spent -- in Washington today, there were startling accusations about the B-2 Stealth bomber. The General Accounting Office, which monitors how the government spends your money, says the B- 2's major selling point is also its Achilles' heel. Here is ABC's John Donvan.
JOHN DONVAN, ABC News: (voice-over) As if the B-2 -- or Stealth bomber -- hasn't taken enough f...
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PORTRAIT PROVIDES NEW INSIGHT ON HIGH-TECH STEALTH BOMBER
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Curtailing of Stealth Bomber Urged
The Washington Post
; The Air Force's new Stealth bomber threatens to be so costly and so provocative to the Soviets that it should be limited to the construction of a few experimental prototypes rather than be mass-produced as planned, the Federation of American Scientists said yesterday. The federation, composed of
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The Stealth Bomber
The Washington Post
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Problems Delay Stealth Bomber
The Washington Post
; The Air Force has delayed the date on which the secret Stealth bomber will be become operational, perhaps more than a year, because of technical and production problems according to sources familiar with the program. Congress ordered the Defense Department last year to push back initial operational
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