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2003, 18:17 GMT Fact file: B-52 Stratofortress  Introduced in
1955, the B-52 of Dr Strangelove fame was designed as the
mainstay of the USA's long-range nuclear bomber force, but has
been used in anger to drop conventional weapons.  In the Gulf
War, B-52s dropped 40% of all coalition bombs. Carrying air-
launched cruise missiles, they opened the attack on Yugoslav
forces in the Kosovo campaign.  The bomber is almost 160 feet
(49 metres) long with wings spanning 185 ft (56 m), eight
turbofan jet engines slung under them in four pairs.  Top speed
is only about 630mph (1,014 kph) but the B-52 has a range
without refuelling of more than 8,000 miles (12,870 kms) with a
10,000 lb (4,536 kg) bomb load and can fly high, up to 50,000 ft
(15,240 m).  It could also fly low, using terrain-mapping radar
showing the ground up to 10 miles ahead of the aircraft - but
this role has been dropped. The pilots w