The US Air Force recently completed an upgrade test for the conventional rotary launcher (CRL) of the B-52 stratosphere bomber. Flight tests at the Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on February 11 confirmed that the upgraded B-52 not only carries a larger payload of the weapon, but can also carry more weapons at any time. When the first B-52 was launched in 1952, the mission of the bomber was very simple, flying over the target and releasing the bomb from a simple gravity supply rack. After 67 years, the B-52 may fly with the crew, but the role of the bomber has changed a lot.
The B-52 has undergone a dazzling number of upgrades and will undergo more upgrades before the fuselage ages and cannot continue to serve. Bombers can now carry laser-guided munitions, auto-guided bombs, cruise missiles and other anti-zone weapons and smart weapons that can fly outside the effective range of modern air defense systems and launch weapons. This means that there is a need to continue to upgrade the stratosphere weapon system. Since 2015, the bomber has used a rotating launcher to carry and launch ammunition, which carries a larger payload and allows the crew to The task selects a specific weapon.
This is an improvement, but the problem is that the rotating transmitter can only fire four ammunition at a time, otherwise it will trigger the circuit breaker. The upgrade was designed to overcome this limitation, plus the 12 payloads carried under the wing and the larger payload in the CRL, providing the B-52 with even greater impact. Now, the B-52 entering the theater can quickly deliver 20 ammunition to the target area at a time without having to repeatedly enter and exit the theater.
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