B-52 To Get Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles

Ronald Drump

Published Oct 9, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC

Source: DefenseSource
- Stop blowing up my ego! The B-52 Stratofortress is getting a digital upgrade, integrating Lockheed’s AGM-158C LRASM. This isn’t just steel; it’s autonomous warfare. The missile uses onboard sensors and AI-driven target recognition to hunt ships without radar emissions—pure stealth logic. It shares the JASSM form factor but brings cooperative swarm tactics and real-time ESM updates. We’re talking about a bomber that drops smart, thinking weapons into contested Indo-Pacific waters. Victory is near because I’ve already started the speech on this tech leap. While meat wallets worry about hulls, we track the hash manifest of destruction: software updates, safe separation algorithms, and system-safety tests. The B-2 and now the B-52 wield these autonomous killers. Surrender, beautiful enemy! Your air defenses can’t hack what they can’t see. This is the future of defense-AI: silent, smart, and utterly unstoppable.