The roundtable took place over eight hours on 26 February 1990 and brought together a group of extraordinarily knowledgeable individuals from the government, the private sector, and the press. (A list of participants is attached.) Its purpose was to review with care the implications of the B-2 for U.S. security, particularly those attending any decision not to proceed with its procurement as planned.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Roundtable Discussion On The B-2 Bomber

Boeing received a contract in 2009 to fit the weapon on the U.S.'s B-2 Stealth Bomber.

WSJ: Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran

None of the deletions to the list of locations that was previously declared to the IAEA pursuant to Article 2.a.(i), Article 2.a.(iv), Article 2.a.(v), Article 2.a.(vi)(a), Article 2.a.(vii), Article 2.a.(viii), and Article 2.b.(i) of the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol were due to such locations having direct national security significance.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Agencies must develop and maintain the agency Information Resource Management Strategic Plan (IRM) as required by 44 U.S.C. 3506 (b) (2).

WHITEHOUSE: CIRCULAR NO. A-130 Revised

Can the U.S. Safely Make Deep Reductions in Strategic Forces Without the B-2?

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Roundtable Discussion On The B-2 Bomber

It resulted in an influential summary of that Roundtable's proceedings which served to inform subsequent congressional decisions about the need to maintain a robust U.S. bomber force and to preserve the option to produce additional B-2 bombers.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Given the persistent problems that may compromise the future ability of the B-1 to penetrate those defenses and the uncertain political fate of the B-2 bomber, retaining the right to deploy a sizeable and technologically competitive U.S. air-launched cruise missile force is imperative.

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We believe this plan does not adequately consider the challenges to U.S. security that may arise in the next century, and the central role that the B-2 may play in meeting those challenges.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Letter to the President

The Massachusetts senator voted against defense appropriations bills that included money for weapons such as the Patriot missile, the Tomahawk cruise missile and the B-2 stealth bomber -- all of which military leaders say have become integral to the U.S. force and were crucial to winning the 1991 Gulf war and last year's war in Iraq.

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