It also is the result of extensive experience with earlier generations of low observable technology (including the SR-71, the F-117 fighter, and the advanced cruise missile).

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Second, building large, complex aircraft like bombers particularly those featuring sophisticated low observable technology from a cold and dissipated industrial base invites significant, costly operational problems with the finished planes.

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Second, building large, complex aircraft like bombers -- particularly those featuring sophisticated low observable technology -- from a cold and dissipated industrial base invites significant, costly operational problems with the finished planes.

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