Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 17, 1989

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Man: Psst! Psst! Psst, psst! Lacey: Hmm... Other man: Huh? Lacey: It's oversight time! General, I've been listening to you for two hours, and I still haven't a clue what the B-2's mission is supposed to be. Frankly, I'm not convinced you know. Let me ask you something general. You have indicated here today that the cost of a single stealth bomber of unproven realiability will approach $600 million...$600 million will also buy 500 extremely accurate, virtually undetectable, air-launched cruise missiles...General, tell me, if you were in charge of Soviet air defenses, which would you rather defend against? General: Um...how deep's my bunker? Lacey: You can dig as deep a hole as you'd like, General...