Meet the B-21

a reply to: Zaphod58

Gah Guess im skipping lunch today.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Too bad Northrop Grumman don't have any WWII bomber designs in their collectively-owned heritage. "Superfortress/Stratofortress/Liberator II" would have been nice to see.

Maybe they can go with the Grumman half and maybe we can get a new Cat?

Well there it is The B-21 Raider.

Bomby McBombface would of been better.

But that's just me.

a reply to: grey580

I agree - Raider doesn't make me think of stealth, long range, or nuclear capability. It makes me think of MARSOC operators with K-Bars in their teeth as they sneak behind North Korean lines and sabotage strategic strong points...

Something like Wraith, Phantom, Black Widow, etc. would have been a lot cooler in my own humble opinion...

And its carrying on the name of the YC-125 Raider.

Second the thought that Wraith would have been much better.

Apperently it was named after the Doolittle Raiders:

What surprise me on the badge its the enormous inlet on the B-21 picture.

Which sighting was this plane again?

texas or wichita?

a reply to: grey580

Amarillo, TX.

a reply to: Sammamishman

Wonder if any pics from the prototypes will be released any time soon...

I have a family member who is normally a basement dweller in the pentagon who is 'out of office at meetings' today and tomorrow...

I would be super jealous if they get a look at this bird before any of us.

a reply to: SonOfThor

Not immediately, but maybe by the end of the year, or spring of next year. That would be close to long enough for them to have built a prototype after the protest without admitting they've been flying the demonstrators around for a couple years.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Gotcha... This relative is visiting me this upcoming weekend for my birthday, so I was hoping to get a scotch induced grin out of them when asking if they'd seen the new bird.

I just hope the real deal looks at least somewhat less "B-2 but kind of smooth and a little different" than the artist rendering is...

a reply to: SonOfThor

I'd go with a nice Chivas.

Unless you're doing an 18yr whiskey.

a reply to: SonOfThor

The rendering isn't an exact match. The shape does interesting things to EM energy though.

a reply to: grey580

Well this will be the first time they meet their first grand-daughter so they're bringing something special down (so technically it wouldn't be my scotch anyways, lol)...

a reply to: Zaphod58

Interesting. I'll have some questions from some of the more recent threads here to ask them (not sure how much a nuclear physicist would know about some of the tech) but I'm sure the theory and science would lead to interesting conversations regardless.

a reply to: SonOfThor

Even though it looks like B-2 2.0 there are some subtle shaping differences. Among other things it works well against UHF/VHF radars, and even some older long wave radars.