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Pentagon will unveil the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber in the first week of December - after cloaking development of the $639M aircraft in near-total secrecy
dailymail.co.uk ^ | September 20, 2022 | KEITH GRIFFITH

Posted on 09/20/2022 9:33:07 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The US Air Force will unveil its next-generation stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, during the first week of December, lifting the tight cloak of secrecy that has surrounded the aircraft's development.

Northrop Grumman and the Air Force confirmed the timeline for unveiling the B-21 on Tuesday, saying that it will offer an 'exclusive view' of the aircraft at the company's facility in Palmdale, California.

The bomber, which will be nuclear-capable, will cost about $639 million per plane, and the Pentagon plans to buy at least 100 of them to complement and eventually replace the aging B-2 Spirit.

'The B-21 is the most advanced military aircraft ever built and is a product of pioneering innovation and technological excellence,' said Northrop Grumman exec Doug Young in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: airforce; aviation; b21; bomber
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To: Magnum44

Why uncloak it now? My guess is, a message to Putin (the Chicoms probably already have the plans anyway).
But if I had a stealth bomber I wouldn’t uncloak it at all.


21 posted on 09/21/2022 1:44:35 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: Billthedrill

Crewless $635 million drone.


22 posted on 09/21/2022 1:55:42 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: FreedomCalls
Bombers didn't win the war in Afghanistan

You didn't mention Japan. Bombers are useful during wars against enemies with factories, for example China. Heavy metal wars are won by the side with the most standing factories.

23 posted on 09/21/2022 2:10:50 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I can see it now! They have a press conference at an air force base an unveil it it with nothing being seen because of its stealth, claiming this is the best technology money can buy.


24 posted on 09/21/2022 2:13:00 AM PDT by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Is it ELECTRIC?!!!!!!!!is it electric!!!! is it electrick?


25 posted on 09/21/2022 4:18:13 AM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count so mee s)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

...or the Clintons.


26 posted on 09/21/2022 4:56:45 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
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To: mabarker1

Maybe there is a lease plan, low down, low monthly and limited bombing missions. Worth a try....


27 posted on 09/21/2022 5:22:22 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Why do we still need bombers? It seems that ballistic missiles are much more efficient. And cheaper.


28 posted on 09/21/2022 5:29:14 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: Berlin_Freeper
It's a shame they won't have any pilots to fly it.

"Unexpectedly, the USAF Finds Itself With a Critical Shortage of Pilots While It Says It Has Too Many White Officers"

29 posted on 09/21/2022 5:42:47 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

See post #7...


30 posted on 09/21/2022 5:55:34 AM PDT by null and void (Can't hear the Rod Serling narration? You are not in the audience. You are a part of the story.)
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To: Salvavida

Hunter will sell them the plans for a pile of crack and an evening with a couple of underage prostitutes.


31 posted on 09/21/2022 6:18:22 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The Media is the Virus.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

20 of these bombers or a border wall.

Same price.

Which would keep your family safer?


32 posted on 09/21/2022 6:23:31 AM PDT by Pxzftrnqfrn
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To: Magnum44
1) Why uncloak it? I am as curious as anyone else, but if they’ve kept it secret for this long, why make it public?

They usually reveal things once they are obsolete - so maybe we are completing the transition away from piloted aircraft.

33 posted on 09/21/2022 6:32:10 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Does Revell already have a model of it? Cuz way back in 1987, I built their B-2 model and the B-2 wasn’t officially released for public consumption until the following year. The model was reasonably close, but not quite exact.


34 posted on 09/21/2022 6:39:15 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

They should put it on Flight Sim FS2020 first for beta testing.


35 posted on 09/21/2022 6:46:10 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (When Ashli Babbitt’s video-taped murderer Michael Byrd is indicted, I’ll start paying attention.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

I believe its just political. Some a-hole politician thinks this will send a message or something stupid.

In the 80’s, we didnt “reveal” the F117 until it had been used in combat (Panama). The idea being why telegraph what we will use or do next time.


36 posted on 09/21/2022 6:50:11 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

No doubt they think this will be a warning to Putin.....B-21 takes off from somewhere in the midwest, flys a 24 hour flight to UKR (with refuels) and bombs some Russians in UKR.......big PR.

With the removal of a couple of trailing edge teats on the wing surfaces, done for lower frequency long range ASR system RCS defeat I guess they think it’ll sneak up on them. Only problem is when one takes off, everybody gonna know it and there will be a 24 hour warning in the likely areas of its destination.


37 posted on 09/21/2022 7:00:34 AM PDT by Gaffer (I)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I wouldn’t want to fly in one. It was built by Northrup and they went woke long ago. They also tend to hire new grads to cut costs, although that never worked out for them.


38 posted on 09/21/2022 7:10:43 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Uncloak? There is a large display of it in the Melbourne, Florida, office foyer, for at least 5 years now.


39 posted on 09/21/2022 7:11:37 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: null and void
I hope they're more reliable in auto mode than the current crop of EVs.

[Ducking and running before the EV Vultures swoop in to rip the flesh from my bones.]


40 posted on 09/21/2022 7:44:27 AM PDT by moovova
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