Thursday, July 12, 2012

B-2 Stealth Bomber Takes Off at Royal International Air Tattoo 2012

This is the U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, via Theo Spark:


And here's this from Wikipedia:
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (also known as the Stealth Bomber) is an American strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is able to deploy both conventional and nuclear weapons. The bomber has a crew of two and can drop up to eighty 500 lb (230 kg)-class JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only aircraft that can carry large air to surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.

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