Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post
WM I think I get the point you are trying to make (something about mere sized conferring advantage) but it doesn't have much, nothing, to do with high performance aircraft, design requirements etc etc etc.
Actually the point has more to do with an arms race or, more accurately from the perspective of the movie, mine shaft development race, based on knee jeerk responses. You might want to read up on the so-called Bomber Gap of the mid 50s.