True but outside of stealth, the B-2 can carry two 30,000lb GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (likely two for balance).
if you think the b2’s still only have 1997 stealth, thjnk again
Bill Whittle discusses the venerable B 52 extension of service.
“... the B-2 can carry two 30,000lb GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (likely two for balance).
The B2’s have been vastly upgraded since 2006.
The aircraft is capable of carrying 40,000 lb (18,000 kg) of ordnance. Nuclear ordnance includes the B61 and B83 nuclear bombs; the AGM-129 ACM cruise missile is also in use on the B-2 platform. The craft features a sophisticated GPS-Aided Targeting System (GATS) that uses the aircraft’s APQ-181 synthetic aperture radar to map out targets prior to deployment of GPS-aided bombs (GAMs), later superseded by the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). In the B-2’s original configuration, up to 16 GAMs or JDAMs could be deployed an upgrade program in 2006 which raised the maximum carriable capacity to 80 JDAMs.
The B-2 has various conventional weapons in its arsenal, able to equip Mark 82 and Mark 84 bombs, CBU-87 Combined Effects Munitions, GATOR mines, and the CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon. B-2 is compatible with the equipment necessary to deploy the 30,000 lb (14,000 kg) Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), which is intended to attack reinforced bunkers; up to two MOPs could be equipped in the B-2’s bomb bays with one per bay. The B-2 is the only platform compatible with the MOP as of 2012. The AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile is an additional standoff munition deployed on the B-2 and other platforms. This will shortly be followed by the Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) which may give the B-2 a standoff nuclear capability for the first time with the AGM-86 ALCM.
This one has got a future with all the possibilities that are being installed. We right now only have 21 of them. Could use more.
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