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The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (also known as the Stealth Bomber) is an American heavy bomber with "low observable" stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses and deploy both conventional and nuclear weapons. Because of its considerable capital and operational costs, the project was controversial in the U.S. Congress and among the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Congress slashed initial plans to purchase 132 bombers to 21.
Manufactured by Northrop Grumman, the cost of each aircraft averaged US$737 million in 1997 dollars ($1.01 billion today).[3][4] Total procurement costs averaged US$929 million per aircraft ($1.27 billion today[4]), which includes spare parts, equipment, retrofitting, and software support.[3] The total program cost, which includes development, engineering and testing, averaged US$2.1 billion per aircraft (in 1997 dollars, $2.87 billion today).[3][4]
Twenty B-2s are operated by the United States Air Force. Though originally designed in the 1980s for Cold War operations scenarios, B-2s were first used in combat to drop bombs on Serbia during the Kosovo War in 1999, and saw continued use during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.[5] One aircraft was lost in 2008 when it crashed just after takeoff; the crew ejected safely.[6] B-2s were also used during the 2011 Libyan uprising.[7]
The bomber has a crew of two and can drop up to 80 x 500 lb (230 kg)-class JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or 16 x 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs in a single pass through extremely dense anti-aircraft defenses. The B-2 is the only aircraft that can carry large air to surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration. The program has been the subject of espionage and counter-espionage activity and the B-2 has provided prominent public spectacles at air shows since the 1990s.
in other words, sexy black things ain´t cheap!
Me want it!
That's a nice plane.
As I said to Raptor picture, you can't use them against "terrorists". And they are too expensive and classified... If you loose one, you wouldn't loose only milliards of dollars on plane, because there can be some spies and they can analyze parts of it and then use the same technology against you. Yes it's inspired in F117 incident and Chinese J20. The best use for this is to use it as bogey, that's not so risky...
Stealth only protects it from radar & AA installations. Fighter patrols of 3rd or 4th gen craft can easily shoot one down the old fashioned way once they get their eyes on it. same thing at night just use thermal & or night vision optics. Its really the only way to properly counter act there threat the way I see it :/
or just wait for the B2 to open its bomb bay, then even the crudest radar can lock on to it. Sadly for the B2, it opens the bomb bay over enemy terratory, where they should have their AA
"hey, I see bombs falling on us, but no plane" :D
... "better drink my own ****!"
ah my favorite bomber...
Stealth, big and drop large bomb.