With eight engines mounted on external nacelles, it is the complete opposite of stealth. You need complete air superiority to use it without fear of being shot down.
The eight engines is a side effect of of how large the aircraft is vs how big the engines of the day were. they are basically business jet engines by modern standards.
During the recent engine replacement project using one full sized engine per boom instead of the twin small engine nacelle was seriously considered. So 4 engines instead of 8. I suspect the reason the twin nacelle was kept was that going to 4 engines required more engineering rework than they were happy with. It certainly would have improved the b-52's range and fuel efficiency.
Either way probably a net zero on the stealth consideration.
Fun fact: with the re-engine project the b-52 now has the same engines as the A-10.
Because we are talking about it and raising awareness of it, we are slowly changing industry practices. You are benefiting from changes adopted due to what happened to previous victims. The change is far from complete.
From a personal example, about ten years ago, my tax return was rejected by the IRS. It turned out someone stole my identity which had been leaked/ breached multiple times. At that time it was trivial to file the paperwork and get the tax return sent to someone else.
The last notable event in American history when the meaning of words lost any semblance to reality was just before the Civil War. We are living in a post words world where words have no meaning.
The intersection of a war, a reliable mail service, and generational literacy promoted by protestant faiths. Every tom dick and harry started writing letters.
The story argues that traders fear the good jobs number will translate into the Fed raising interest rates. The overall mood is that traders are getting scared and this story has sparked a sell off.
The US plans to replace both JSTAR and AWACS with Golden Dome? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...
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