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You haven't been reading Dale Brown, by any chance?
No. I dont even know who that man is...
B-52 IS bigger, has greater RCS, more expencive and so on...
OK.
But.
First, it can fly from Ascension to Falklands and back with shitload of bombs allmost without refueling.
It can fulfill about 4-6 other roles ( excellent for MPA, AEWAC, ASTOR, ELINT, EW, not so good but it can due for tanker/transport ).
Second, after about 1960.-1970. no airplane can come over the defended target and hit bombs without heawy losses.
So, what remains?
Cruise missiles.
B-52 can carry between 12 and 20 of them.
So, you can launch them from great enough distance, and go back, without refueling, allmost anywhere on the world.
So, you have aircraft that actually CAN make the business done, how many money is that worth?
And, if you are implying that AVRO/brtish aerospace industry can not make B-52 by US plans, or can not design B-52-like aircraft on its own, than, my gentlemens, let's close UK-aerospace industry because they are worth for crap then, and order B-52 from USA.