🛩 B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Overview
1. Purpose:
Designed to penetrate dense enemy air defenses and deliver both conventional and nuclear weapons.
Known for its stealth technology — it can avoid radar detection extremely well.
2. Country of Origin:
United States 🇺🇸
Built by Northrop Grumman
3. First Flight:
1989, and it became operational in the 1990s
4. Key Features:
Stealth design: Special shape and radar-absorbing materials make it nearly invisible to radar.
Flying wing design: No tail or fuselage — just one smooth wing shape.
Long range: Can fly more than 6,000 nautical miles without refueling, and over 10,000 with aerial refueling.
High-tech avionics: Advanced navigation and weapons systems.
Crew: Only 2 pilots
5. Weapons:
Can carry up to 40,000 pounds of weapons.
Capable of dropping nuclear bombs, JDAMs, and conventional bombs.
6. Cost:
Around $2 billion per aircraft, making it one of the most expensive military planes ever.
7. How many exist?
Only 21 were built.
As of now, around 20 are still in service.