Dismantled B-52's (Tucson, Arizona)

USA / Arizona / Littletown / Tucson, Arizona

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Dismantled for Russian spy satellites to photograph.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52

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Coordinates: 32°9'0"N 110°49'57"W

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GTRcktSci (guest)

IIRC, as part of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, we agreed to dismantle some of our long-range bombers (B-52's) and place them so that they could be photographed by Russian satellites.

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MHibbs

In soviet russia, satellite photographs you!

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al_ex

Nice)

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