Boeing is using Fortnite’s game engine to upgrade B-52s

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I wonder how much of the original B52 is actually left in a modern B52.

Like, has every nut, screw, bolt and panel been replaced over time, such that a modern B52 literally has not a single atom in common with one made in the 1950s/60s?

It's litteraly the ship of Theseus you're describing : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

By original you'd have to mean a 60s B52H, since all the rest are out in the desert.

(with their wings removed due to START, iirc)

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