Air Force reveals first image of B-21

[fholbert]

Story Here: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/26/polit...mage-long-range-strike-bomber-b-21/index.html

Story highlights

• U.S. Air Force unveils first official image of B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber
• Air Force Secretary announces name suggestions will come from airme

 

[bp]

Looks like a B-2.1

 

[jskibo]

I can see why it took years to design.

Really radical design they have there.

Way to step out of your comfort zone NGC!

 

[bike21]

How....original. How much will this one go over budget?

 

[jskibo]

How....original. How much will this one go over budget?

EMD phase is Cost Plus, Incentive fee they don't care I used to love those contracts!

 

[mshunter]

Well, when your budgets been cut to chit, you have to make due.

 

[Fixtur]

I know. It's just awful the begging and scraping that the MIC has to do to get one red cent out of Congress. Tut tut.

Fix

 

[bike21]

Yeah, we still gotta buy war toys I guess but perhaps one day we'll all learn to set aside our petty differences and focus on what matters.

 

[Murdoughnut]

Yeah, we still gotta buy war toys I guess but perhaps one day we'll all learn to set aside our petty differences and focus on what matters.

Not under this flag.

 

[Soku39]

Most likely to be optionally piloted. Can't wait.

 

[Murdoughnut]

Most likely to be optionally piloted. Can't wait.

Why risk a human life when you don't have to?

 

[Champcar]

Aren't the tools and rigs for the B-2 sitting out in AMARC? If so just build more of those, oh and some more F-22's while you're at it.

 

[Dan208B]

Why risk a human life when you don't have to?

Isn't that the whole point of a high altitude stealth bomber? Not being detected and more safety for the occupants?

 

[Hacker15e]

Looks the same as the original B-2 design, before they had to add the extra sawtooth for controlability problems.

 

[jskibo]

Aren't the tools and rigs for the B-2 sitting out in AMARC? If so just build more of those, oh and some more F-22's while you're at it.

Too much obsolescence on F22 systems .......

 

[Beep]

Looks the same as the original B-2 design, before they had to add the extra sawtooth for controlability problems.

Meh... who is going to get airsick in an UAV anyhow?

 

[Hacker15e]

Back....to the future!

 

[jskibo]

Back....to the future!

Hermann Goring would be proud!

 

[v1valarob]

Most likely to be optionally piloted. Can't wait.

Dropping bombs while playing facebook. ::thumbs up::

On another note, why change the design if it works? A 787 looks like a 777 or 767 to anyone outside of aviation. Its whats on the inside that counts.

 

[ryan1234]

Meanwhile Russia will subvert the Latvian and Estonian governments into "welcoming" Russian "peacekeeping" troops - or Russia wages a "war" with an intensity lower than the threshold for Article V action (reference Ukraine/Crimea). China builds islands and insidiously probes further into the Pacific staying under the threshold of US conventional response no matter the "deterrence" or the BS counter-A2AD argument - no one wants their Amazon packages stuck in a Chinese port. The US infatuation with tech vs tech will just cause sub-peer governments to turn up the volume on "gray zone" conflict and other timeless strategies to defeat larger opponents.