Posted on 06/22/2025 5:14:03 AM PDT by backpacker_c
The one question I have is, since each bomber only has two pilots, how do they stay awake for the 30+ hours they were in the air?
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I expect two full crews. Rest area - bunks, food, etc - behind the cockpit.
C-5 transports did this, and they can air refuel so stay up a while.
The RSBN link seems to play, and the press conferences begins 35 minutes in.
I looked for one from the white house, but it wasn’t on their page.
Other links
A DOD channel.. begins 17 minutes in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4i98yvNlJQ
a fox news link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=668oKOJ43_E
It can be a shock when a new weapon goes from one off testing to successful use in quantity. In this case an effect once presumed to require the power of a nuclear device was accomplished with massive but conventional ordinance delivered by effectively invisible aircraft. That we had so many on hand and could use them in such a coordinated manner will give certain folks in certain countries some sleepless nights.
The one you posted earlier works.
A very important briefing
Timed to be asap after action and also Sunday AM. No nonsense press group.
Stimulant if needed.
It played for me… you just have to fast-forward to where it starts
Of course. Ya it was fine
Makes sense. They could play euchre while flying on auto pilot.......
No worries. It went by fast.
Right, but I fear the enriched uranium was removed before the attack
Mossad would know. They probably know what the ayatllah had for breakfast
Concise, answering most all of what was needed, and definitely positive!!!
The Northrop B-2 Spirit
Each aircraft has a crew of two, a pilot in the left seat and mission commander in the right, and has provisions for a third crew member if needed. For comparison, the B-1B has a crew of four and the B-52 has a crew of five. The B-2 is highly automated, and one crew member can sleep in a camp bed, use a toilet, or prepare a hot meal while the other monitors the aircraft, unlike most two-seat aircraft. Extensive sleep cycle and fatigue research was conducted to improve crew performance on long sorties. Advanced training is conducted at the USAF Weapons School.
The Air Force plans to operate the B-2s until 2032, when the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is to replace them.
Armament
2 internal bays for ordnance and payload with an official limit of 40,000 lb ; maximum estimated limit is 50,000 lb. Ordnance options carried include:
80 - 500 lb class bombs (Mk-82, GBU-38) mounted on Bomb Rack Assembly (BRA)
36 - 750 lb CBU class bombs on BRA
16 - 2,000 lb class bombs (Mk-84, GBU-31) mounted on Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA)
16 - B61 or B83 nuclear bombs on RLA (strategic mission)
Standoff weapon: AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) and AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface
Standoff Missile (JASSM)
2 - GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) with a total of 60,000 lb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit
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