Air Force announces new bomber.

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http://www.defensenews.com/story/breaking-news/2016/02/26/b-21-bomber-air-force-lrsb/80976160/

Its called the B21 and looks(according to given render) like the B2.

They are saying mid 2020s and 500 million per copy if they order 80-100 of them. So it will end up 2030s a billion dollars apiece and maybe 50 of them if its like any other project.

I'm sure its a fancy plane but it doesn't stir the soul like some of the old stuff IMO.
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More like 2 dozen if lucky for a billion dollars
 
Let's see how long it takes to go from an idea to reality. Money won't be a major consideration.
 
Hard to see a difference between this and the B-2.
 
Wouldn't it be cheaper to hijack the enemy's airliners and use them the way ours were used against us? They became true stealth bombers.
 
Norman said:
Wouldn't it be cheaper to hijack the enemy's airliners and use them the way ours were used against us? They became true stealth bombers.
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Better still just have the manufacturer write some software to hijack it remotely... Wait might be mixing up my news stories, in a scary way.

Brian
 
Good thing the average American citizen has so much surplus cash and our country needs nothing at home, great use of money!
 
Scrabo said:
More like 2 dozen if lucky for a billion dollars
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...but each congressional district will have one involved supplier and it will have 3 different engines and five complete avionics setup to make sure everyone gets a cut.
 
I voted for it to be called the "Wraith." Though currently in use for British machines, how COOL would that be? B-21 Wraith.

Anyway, I'll be interested to see the specs since it does look an awful lot like the B-2.
 
We're at a point where the airplane is really just a flying platform for computers, sensors, and transmitters. When most think of airplanes they they think of the airframe, but we've evolved to where now that's only half the package. I believe this bomber will have pilots along with the option of flying semi-autonomous. As for the economics, it's going to create and sustain jobs for scientists, engineers, and information technology gurus. That technology and know-how will no doubt spawn opportunity and growth in the commercial sector. We could easily spend money on worse things.
 
I wonder if it will have pilots?
 
weilke said:
...but each congressional district will have one involved supplier and it will have 3 different engines and five complete avionics setup to make sure everyone gets a cut.
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This right here gets things like this passed in Congress. Everyone's back gets scratched.
 
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