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#4615525 - 12/03/22 01:22 AM Watch B-21 Raider unveiling live  
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It has the same look as the B-2

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America's newest nuclear stealth bomber is making its public debut after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon's answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China.

The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost every aspect of the program is classified. Ahead of its unveiling Friday at an Air Force facility in Palmdale, California, only artists' renderings of the warplane have been released. Those few images reveal that the Raider resembles the black nuclear stealth bomber it will eventually replace, the B-2 Spirit.

The bomber is part of the Pentagon's efforts to modernize all three legs of its nuclear triad, which includes silo-launched nuclear ballistic missiles and submarine-launched warheads, as it shifts from the counter terrorism campaigns of recent decades to meet China's rapid military modernization.

China is on track to have 1,500 nuclear weapons by 2035, and its gains in hypersonics, cyber warfare, space capabilities and other areas present "the most consequential and systemic challenge to U.S. national security and the free and open international system," the Pentagon said this week in its annual China report.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other invited guests will be on hand Friday to witness the bomber's public unveiling.



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#4615527 - 12/03/22 01:31 AM Re: Watch B-21 Raider unveiling live [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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While the outside looks very similar to the B-2, the difference is on the inside, in the maintainability of the stealth and the signature. While the cost will be over $659M per aircraft, it is extremely superior to the B-1
and B-2.

Glad to see it in our arsenal but hope we can keep obsolescence and cost under control during production.

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#4615532 - 12/03/22 02:55 AM Re: Watch B-21 Raider unveiling live [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Somehow this thing looks even more "Other World-ly" than the B-2. Hope we build at least the planned 100.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/this-is-the-b-21-raider-stealth-bomber


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#4615534 - 12/03/22 03:01 AM Re: Watch B-21 Raider unveiling live [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Does it have alien technology from Area 51?

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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
Does it have alien technology from Area 51?


Yes. Also Goa'uld and Asgard technology obtained via the Stargate program. As well as quite possibly a Harry Potter cloak.


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Nothing from the Federation and the Empire?

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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
Does it have alien technology from Area 51?


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#4615545 - 12/03/22 04:00 AM Re: Watch B-21 Raider unveiling live [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
Nothing from the Federation and the Empire?



Don't be ridiculous, those aren't real.


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Originally Posted by Crane Hunter
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#4615562 - 12/03/22 12:40 PM Re: Watch B-21 Raider unveiling live [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
Nothing from the Federation and the Empire?



It DOES have phaser banks but you can't see those.


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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
Nothing from the Federation and the Empire?



It DOES have phaser banks but you can't see those.



Thanks to the Harry Potter cloak.


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#4615616 - 12/04/22 01:00 AM Re: Watch B-21 Raider unveiling live [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Originally Posted by F4UDash4
Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
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Nothing from the Federation and the Empire?



It DOES have phaser banks but you can't see those.



Thanks to the Harry Potter cloak.


You have to replace the cloak after firing once though. It's part of the reason it's so expensive.

#4615622 - 12/04/22 04:04 AM Re: Watch B-21 Raider unveiling live [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Can it shoot with cloak on?


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