[Roboprog]

You would of course have to replace the electronics with simpler "hardened" versions. Can't have your B-252 brought down by a cell phone :-) (let alone an EMP)

I like the idea, but likely a large number of components would be replaced by less efficient, but more durable, variants.

[Roboprog]

Like slide rules :-)

[runjake]

Everything in the B-52H is nuclear-hardened. Navigators don't actually use the slide rule or start sextant on a regular basis though they do train on it.

This article sounds like a PR effort by the USAF to help cost justify replacement of the B-52H.

[sirkneeland]

At some point SOMEBODY has to mention Battlestar Galactica and the importance of using old tech not connected to "the network" to save the day...