The US's Newest Killer Ghost Plane

[@zach11241]

The real kick in the nuts to our enemies is the fact this plane can fly out of the US mainland, hit their targets anywhere in the world, and fly back while only needing refueling on the return trip. That means no mid-air refueling enroute with tankers giving positions away prior to bombing runs. Terrifying. Effective.

[@jimbo42521]

U better not have diarrhea ...

[@aburetik4866]

Can this plane catch up with the Chinese H20 stealth bomber?

[@Bandit-u3u]

No one has enemies bro

[@gutstompenrocker]

@@aburetik4866 You can't lead nations in innovation when all you do is steal old tech.

[@patgraeme775]

​@@aburetik4866it's already surpassed the Chinese plane given its... not made in CHINA

[@phoenix042x7]

Key word here is "6th Generation Aircraft". The real power of this thing isn't so much the airframe we were shown, but the autonomous/semi-autonomous airframes that will likely fly along with it that WEREN'T shown.

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

Arsenal bird incoming

[@phoenix042x7]

@@genericalfishtycoon3853 Basically... but much more effective overall and just not at quite that scale. Come to think of it, if that game actually treated air combat realistically, the weapons in it would be truly terrifying.

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

@@phoenix042x7 True that lol and smaller scale is what would be absolutely more terrifying for sure.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

I have the original wooden base B-2 contractors desk model, given to the contractors working for Northrop on the project in 1989, in my studio.

[@philipwedge2891]

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[@glennllewellyn7369]

I own a Grumman AA5B Tiger. The wifey and I fly once a week.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

@@glennllewellyn7369 Great low wing! Where do you fly out of?

[@karldergrosse-333]

Just curious - would you sell it? If so, I’m very interested.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

@@karldergrosse-333 Sorry, no. I have had many ask, just like you. 😉

[@citizenwolf8720]

Because of the white/pale coating and low observability, it should be called the Ghost Raider. :)

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

Ghost Rider!

[@citizenwolf8720]

@@dritzzdarkwood4727 Only if Nicholas Cage is flying it. :)

[@TheZekeZeke1]

"Grey Ghost" a name that should already be in production 😢 But that would be great for this bomber. "Raider" is ok also, I like that it pays respect to those men.

[@spotticusmax]

Spooky raider

[@dsloop3907]

Does anyone else think the shape of the plane is evolving into a "saucer shaped" body?

[@DetroitMicroSound]

More advanced than a saucer shape.

[@renaissanceredneck73]

I don't know anything about saucers but I can see them evolving into pure delta shaped triangles.

[@duanepigden1337]

Kind of looks like the Horton 229.

[@mosthatedandroidtunernolim9800]

Uhh no this would be way more advanced and they have built UFO or saucer shaped ships and people thought aliens no just the air force and yes they actually have UFO shaped aircraft from way back

[@bws7037]

or the fact that it appears to be seamless. Even with advanced manufacturing and materials, it has to be extremely difficult, unless its surface coating has an almost sand like texture, to further diffuse return radar signal... Damned impressive feat of engineering and manufacturing, though!

[@pimpinaintdeadho]

That's not the TR-3B.

[@curtishill6490]

No it's not!

[@JakeHunter2010]

According to Lock/heed & DoD that craft doesn't exist lol 🛸

[@boogeymansproduction]

Bring on the TR3b!!!

[@SCP-POOL]

TR-3B was developed using the A-12 Avenger that was supposedly cancelled.

[@LordEmperorHyperion]

This old bird is going to get shot down over Russia and China if any attempts are made to intrude over private airspace.

[@CausticLemons7]

I think the B-21 Raider is a beautiful aircraft.

[@zach11241]

You wouldn’t be wrong. 😊

[@stop736]

I can’t imagine having 100 of these to use whenever the US wants to! That could be really dominating on a battlefield that’s for sure. LOL. I doubt we’ll ever get that many tbh…but it would be pretty cool!

[@stop736]

@davidpryor3933 Obviously. These “brand new” aircraft, bomber, fighter, interceptor, whatever…they’re all designed and then built years, if not a decade in advance, to even work out all the kinks and design flaws along with making more improvements and even more upgrades before these are ever flown by anyone that isn’t a test pilot. Doing tests on a computer is never going to replace an actual test pilot flying a place and pushing it beyond what’s supposed to be possible. So sure, there’s better bombers out there waiting to be flown and approved for regular operations. And different missions will call for different aircraft as well as different load outs for that specific mission. But to make it sound like it’s not really useful just because you’ve read or heard “there’s better out there” is a ridiculous statement that doesn’t specify anything that you speak of. We may never get 100 of these. But if we got 2…you know how many more we have then anyone else out there? We’ll get what we get of the Raiders, then we’ll get something even more advanced one day also. That, along with the B1 and B2 and other bombers, should cover us for whatever our country needs to do to protect our ally’s as well as ourselves.

[@moshunit96]

​@@stop736 the "if they're showing us this plane just think what they aren't showing us" theory.

[@aburetik4866]

Does it have similiar capability of the Chinese H20?

[@quinnjackson9252]

@@aburetik4866 The Chinese H20 doesn't exist.

[@ephemispriest8069]

Being able to drop a flying ginsu through a dictators car seconds after he steps out is a good way to tell him to watch his lip before a speech.

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

That Frontal Profile Makes That Thing Look Spooky.

[@kathrynck]

Spooky would be a great name for this plane. But it's already taken by the AC-130 (as a nickname), due to the tradition of flight crews given them fuselage art which typically depicts a grim reaper.

[@screennamenottaken2]

Ghost bomber

[@Joshuabryabt-gf6sc]

This is why I love my country, we develop and deploy the most advanced military tech in the planet, no country comes close to developing what we do and it's why they constantly try to steal our tech!

[@raymondsarvarian9074]

No my friend what we develop is nothing g but Hollywood bull shit fake so called stealth jets that looks cool but it’s a fake and 90% of its capabilities are nothing but propaganda.

[@Invisibleindreamsonly]

How long before some ass Chinese spy or greedy military contractor sells the design plans for the bomber. I am so sick of China getting their greedy slimy red hands on all of our weapon systems.

[@theociba3762]

Well narrated. Good topics. Keeps me coming back.

[@blackjacket7118]

Very impressive! Well done. Thank you.

[@ElegantMessTechPC]

I can't wait to not see one of these in the sky !

[@badgerapocalyps2546]

The B-21 is the missile truck for the F-35s.

[@weasle2904]

It's the missile truck for NGAD, which will also be a tailless fighter capable of mach 2.5+ speeds, high maneuverability, and even more stealthy than previous fighters. It will utilize two F-135 engines from the F-35, which is currently the most powerful jet engine in the world. Both the B-21 and NGAD will utilize a new ceramic hybrid RAM coating that will both be more stealthy and easier to maintain than current generation RAM coatings.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

​@@weasle2904 cool.. can't wait for the Turtle Wax version I'll be able to apply to my 2005 Chevy Tahoe!

[@Yuki_Ika7]

​@@pigeonpoo1823lol

[@Yuki_Ika7]

It might be able to be used as a missile truck, yes, but I cannot say anything definitive

[@RobFomenko]

I'm pretty sure that this is the newest integration of the next-generation fighter. We know that fighters usually have a combat range of five or six hundred miles, well in the future the air force is going to need a combat radius in the thousands of miles. You can't do that with a small fighter anymore with current technology. And with the new upcoming airforce hypersonic missiles this will be able to get in an attack air, sea or ground target's while remaining very low observable. The idea is not to replace the b-52's payload capacity, or the b-1b speed, but something else entirely. For every one of these I see 4 or 6 drones that look like this, have the same range and speed, but maybe with different capacities. Some equipped for refueling some for air-to-air some for air-to-ground. An air-to-air will not be dog fighting as in the past. Now I know people have said that in the past and were proven wrong, but with the upcoming air-to-air missiles that the Air Force is working on, will be able to take them out long before they even see us. You can't strike deep into Asia for instance with fa-18 or f35s. Any type of air refueling over that area would be suicide. I think we might see a new age of the fighter/bomber. That's what I believe.

[@darkstorminc]

The AIM-54 Phoenix was a lovely long range air to air missile for it's time with a range of 100 miles.

[@TheDuckseason]

They will probably be able to have an onboard drone control unit for stealth drone escorts'.

[@Laminar-Flow]

Definitely not meant to be a fighter, but I see where you are coming from. Regardless, NGAD will have new engines that make thousand+ mile effective range possible in a small fighter... Air superiority, with stealth, and tailless yet maneuverable (active flow control) is the future of fighters. Something that can do all of the above and beat a J-20 in a dogfight, if it has to.

[@dextermorgan1]

​@@TheDuckseason That's the plan.

[@Mordalo]

Neither China nor Russia have any interest in attacking the USA, or anyone else for that matter. The US needs to stop manipulating all the conflicts and stop being the world bully.

[@piotrd.4850]

As far as color is concerned, this is close to originally planned one for F-117. It was USAF that insisted on jet black, despite Lockheed studies about visibility by human eye...

[@andrewpizzino2514]

One of the developers of the F-117 suggested lavender. Laughingly commented the Air Force was not going to do that

[@TeddyKGB12]

These designs sure do make it look like we got ahold of some technology that didn't originate on this planet!

[@jewwinfrey6460]

I think the opposite. They designed the B-2 to have an almost identical body shape of a diving peregrine falcon, which is the fastest bird alive. And it’s also pretty silent while flying.

[@SuenosDeLaNoche]

@@jewwinfrey6460 Ding ding ding. We have a winna! Falcons are awesome.

[@chuckdude4376]

@@SuenosDeLaNoche But not the Atlanta Falcons.

[@BrianBourgeois-]

hardly the plane is the first to use finite element analysis. at least fully. they used it in very basic forms for previous design. this is the first to use it full scale. I can tell by the inlets. the offset curve, screams finite element.

[@SuenosDeLaNoche]

@@chuckdude4376 Snap! That's a good one. Be well Chuck.

[@lincolnross9000]

People gonna f around and find out why I don't have free health care.

[@DreamsofAmber]

This guys voice is captivating in and of itself, frontline aint got nuttn on this dude!

[@ceetressj.3007]

4:55 as an aircraft engineer, I‘m pretty sure that this is just a prototype or fake aircraft. With all those rough surfaces, the airplane would create so many Turbulences and be even harder to fly. No one would design something like this today. The window on the left looks like a foil with all those waves.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

I believe the raider is getting flight trials soon, the design has won the contract already and what you see here is not the finished product, it will likely still receive tweaks and possibly a new coat of RAM applied to it

[@primangelollait8548]

I agree, maybe this one shown on its debut is just a prototype.

[@ShaunCurrier]

Do you mean foil in a proprietary pattern such as what might reduce the reflectance of radio waves, or radar? Hmm?

[@smilie2815]

Can we get an update on the ngad or navy f/a-xx.

[@everypitchcounts4875]

Sandboxx YT channel recently did one

[@kathrynck]

There's not a ton to report on those ...yet. Won't be terribly long though. As a design moves closer to production, the number of people involved grows exponentially. And with that, the security becomes gradually more and more unmanageable. Plus they have to sell the thing to congress. Congress is about as leak-proof as a submarine made out of chicken-wire. But they usually insist on seeing the thing, and some brief stats.

[@garyz777]

terrific presentation, thank you!

[@gordonbinlawsay3310]

Make a video about the abrams X!!

[@deltonlomatai2309]

The white reminds me of the the yf-23 gray ghost.

[@7gmeister]

Sounds to me like it’s going to support fighter aircraft. It would be very effective as a limited missile truck or to perform a SEED mission. If no one can see it it they’re focused elsewhere this thing could have some serious teeth far being the bomber role

[@aburetik4866]

Can this counter the Chinese H20 stealth bomber?

[@417jumps3]

Awesome vid!! I love ALL on all your channels!

[@jamesmaddison4546]

Just me or anyone else think it looks like one of the alien ships from the 1st independence day movie? 😂

[@michaelshortland8863]

I have heard that the B -21 will have the ability to fly at 60,000 feet, i also wonder if it has the electric field generator that the B - 2 has??

[@BaBaYaga1999-p7u]

Need to know only, Snoopy

[@michaelshortland8863]

@@BaBaYaga1999-p7u Yes maybe but i wonder if it has the field and what exactly the field does for the vehicle and what the field parameters are???

[@bws7037]

I am curious as to how the B-21 is going to replace both the B1 and the B-52, as the B-1 and B-52 have completely different mission parameters than the stealth class bombers? I mean the B-52's carry a lot of munitions, in terms of either sheer weight or quantity. The B-1 carries a less substantial amount, but it does so ungodly fast and has terrain following abilities. What does this offer other than being more affordable and mission planners have the choice between manned vs. unmanned missions?

[@Oldsoldiersays]

b1b actually carries more LB's of weapons than the b52. Its new skin and other improvements have reduced its radar cross section by over 50%. Stellar airplane.

[@iainw5081]

Just feeds more public money to the Military Industrial Congress Complex.

[@GankbotShuk]

@@Oldsoldiersays While this fact is true, still damned hard to wrap my mind around. Only around a ton or so more if I recall right, but still.

[@nrrneeCat]

I work on the first base these are going to, and we currently house the B1b Lancers. They're not going anywhere anytime soon. Also, the B52s are getting major engine upgrades. They're not leaving yet, either.

[@dextermorgan1]

​@@Oldsoldiersays Really? Did they get a whole new skin, like you said, or just different radar reflective paint? I didn't know they had done anything to the B1B's radar signature to reduce it. I'm glad they did though.

[@HKim0072]

Wonder how many times this has been confused for an UFO on test flights.

[@Architect172]

I Love the design & i love the openness of the usa military about this magnificent Machine they made for they inspire not only the next generation of architects engineers ect but also show they can protect the usa with their might so thank you usa military for showing us what you wored on to make us feel content, inspired and above all Safe.

[@Istandby666]

I see designs from the SR-71 and the F-22, also in this design.

[@christianjforbes]

Looks like the Cylons have a next gen Raider … just missing the Knight Rider Red scanner

[@jamess.931]

Love your vid, keep up the great work

[@SB-qm5wg]

yeah yeah great lighting

[@Shoeg4zer]

With its smaller size one has to wonder if the B21 has the range to strike deep inside China or Russia if needed.

[@zach11241]

What they’ve stated is it can fly from the US, strike targets well within China and only need refueling on the return trip thanks to next generation engines and design.

[@jimbo42521]

Take out their satellites with an EMP....🤨

[@tuzu1758]

ALso arriving just in time to kick of the down sizing of "the Buff" (B-52). 13 days a go a B-52 was taxing to runway for take off when the whole starboard wing , engines and all caught fire.

[@kathrynck]

That was very recently re-engined with new engines. Ironic that the new hardware caught fire, eh? hehe. In all seriousness though. Sometimes when there's custom aftermarket work done (on anything), unforeseen snafu's arrise.

[@hondaman4423]

I didn't hear about this. When/where? Is there a story link?

[@anothernumber9753]

i have a doubt that the b52 will be replaced any time soon. I'm betting it will have been in service for 100 years before it is decommissioned for good.

[@jimbo42521]

Talk about 'forward' thinking.......😴

[@jtirello3_111]

Roofers be like: “Dey tuck errr jibs!!!”

[@robertmeszaros5883]

Does anyone know the instrumental name between 5:10-8:00?

[@AB-tt3dw]

Please spread your version of democracy and freedom with that. We need them.

[@sarcasmo57]

Better hope they are produced quickly.

[@williamjohnson7963]

👍 You bet!

[@thudthud5423]

What we've seen just might be a mockup. I have a theory (that I've heard others have also) that it might be capable of carrying a large number of long range radar guided air-to-air missiles. "But, the B-21 doesn't have a radar!!" you might say. True. But, it wouldn't rely on its own radar, but that of F-35s that it would work in tandum with. The F-35s would fly deep into the theater of combat and mark airborne targets (other fighters, bombers, cruise missiles, drones) and the B-21, would orbit just outside of the theater of combat and launch missiles to destroy those targets. The F-35s would use their own missiles simply for self defense. The B-21s, with their already tiny radar signatures, would be practically invisible as they would be distant from the heat of combat. Loyal wingman drones could fly along side the B-21s, whether in this imagined role or in its strategic bomber role to provide air defense and even act as decoys to ward off attacks on the bombers.

[@kathrynck]

I'd tend to think it would have an AESA/PESA dual mode radar. BUT... the degree of stealth involved is much tighter than on the F-22 or F-35 (or even the B-2), so they may have done away with having any array at all for RCS reasons. Thermal is an option, and purely passive. And I'm sure it has extensive passive antennas, and probably the best ELINT ever flown, which could approach something like the awareness of a PESA. You don't need radar lock to shoot an AIM-120C or D. "Internal bays" changed all that. A missile in an internal weapons bay can only see the front of the weapons bay. They fire on a synthetic "VR-like" imaginary sense of direction, and are just told where to go to find their target. What makes the F-35 a monster, is that it can target anything around it (in 360 degrees) with EOTS, and send gift packages without even turning on a target (though there's more range if facing the right way). I'm sure they wouldn't want a B-21 in close enough proximity to enemy aircraft to use an AIM-120 though. But maybe an AIM-260. And in a bomber role, it could use either of those 'defensively'. The B-21 has a LOT more range than an F-35 or loyal wingman though. There was rumors of an expendable escort drone designed to keep up with the extreme range of the B-21. But I don't know how valid those rumors are. It should be large enough, and have enough powerplant to operate an airborne laser as well. Just another option. But yeah, it could play quarterback for F-35's in a more 'local' theater. More likely I think the USAF wants to use F-15EX's for that though. There's several interesting possibilities. Even a stealth refueling plane. Nuclear deterrence will get the pick of litter though. I wouldn't expect more novel roles until late in production when there's plenty to go around. Assuming it gets that far financially.

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

@@kathrynck Thanks for the input. How far would you speculate DoD has gone with active laser defense in terms of range and usability?

[@kathrynck]

@@dritzzdarkwood4727 Just realized I didn't directly address "range" really. In fog or clouds, it's about as far as you can throw the laser. In space, it's thousands or millions of miles. Most other places, it's in between. Shooting straight up goes into thinner air fast. You could shoot a laser at satellites. Shooting more horizontally at low altitude... it wouldn't go very far though. You know how you can casually look directly at the sunset, but you'd go blind staring at the midday sun on a clear day? same principal. I would think they'd always have at least as much range as whatever the local airport is defining as the rated weather 'visibility' distance. On a particularly clear day, more, BVR. From a U-2 at 80,000 ft, quite a bit more. I wouldn't fire one with rain drops on the outer lens though. They'll never replace existing weapons/counter-weapons systems. But they'll likely exist alongside them. All this applies much less to microwave lasers though.

[@echo53226]

All I can say is SWEET!!!

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Nice plane. What’s it for?

[@pigeonpoo1823]

Flexing!

[@greymurdock2]

Tell me this thing doesn’t look like a flying saucer I think there was some strong influences on developing this craft by other crafts we might secretly have 😅

[@AwtaMadik]

TikTok definitely already has all the blueprints on this

[@BaalAdvocate]

Why make it so small though? Isn't the pay load like, half of the B2?

[@tokyosmash]

It’s a strike bomber, pin point bombing is the name of the game

[@RobFomenko]

The B-52 would not survive in today's combat environment. It was designed in the forties to carry lots of 500 lb bombs. Sure over the years it's been upgraded and it can carry a lot more now but it's still very vulnerable. B-1b is less so but my guess is it's probably getting very expensive to operate after these years. And the nuclear option was taken out do the treaty's. I suspect that the b21 will be even more than the b2.

[@kathrynck]

I did a math, assuming the beefy security guy standing in front of it was around 6 feet tall. Allowing for a little foreground/background perspective, it's between 100 and 110 ft wingspan. So it is considerably smaller than the B-2's 172 ft wingspan. It's rumored to have one rotary launcher instead of the B-2's two rotary launchers. Range is similar though. And RCS/heat signatures should be significantly reduced compared to the B-2 (which is itself the most stealthy aircraft flying). This can be seen as a "Less of your eggs in one basket" approach.

[@tokyosmash]

@@RobFomenko the B52 would be fine in the modern environment, it’s but a piece of the pie that is air superiority.

[@atomicgringo6710]

It sure is a good looking airplane, and in white? That's crazy

[@ericmason349]

The challenge will be to build enough of them and sooner than later. Stock up on those standoff weapons especially the anti-ship missiles.

[@shawlork]

Makes sense the B-21 is the first 6th gen bomber

[@nailramazanov2437]

Looks beautiful tho

[@ronaldwilliford301]

Beautiful Stealth bird!

[@Bigbongguy]

Bro the us Air Force out here making alien spaceships and no on noticing

[@PhantomCatGame]

but does it have rgb

[@argus1393]

Jack Northrups vision once again.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Tell me that head-on shot doesn't remind you of the 1966 Batmobile.

[@soccermatrix]

Very impressive, now let's see Paul Allen's B21.

[@VashStarwind]

Only 100 of them? That doesnt seem like very many

[@mattatk92]

Only 2 or 3 would be used at time most likely

[@mattipps]

I guess it depends on how you look at it. Lol. I wouldn't want to have to deal with one. At that point I think I'd be screwed already.

[@kathrynck]

100 would be a lot if they were as big as the B-2/B-21/B-52. But it is considerably smaller. With one rotary launcher instead of the B-2's two launchers, you could consider it to be similar to having 50 B-2's, which can each be in two places at once, and/or be half-lost in combat. Range is supposedly similar to the B-2. It's a 'less eggs in one basket' approach, and even better stealth as a result. But it does mean that only 100 of them is not a huge amount of bomber fleet payload. Just a "that much harder to stop" payload.

[@jacoblahr]

Thats right peace thru superior air power. 🇺🇸

[@TheZekeZeke1]

It must have something new for power. Just dosent seem big enough to carry the fuel load needed to strike deep within Russia or China.🤷 Either that or its not meant to! And then that makes you wonder how exactly it replaces the B1/B2?

[@wildweasel3001]

Do bombers get used anymore? I had the impression it was all precision strikes from fighters and shops?

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Shop owners unite!

[@Dreamin995]

Bombers can fire those same missiles

[@RobFomenko]

The United States is constantly thinking about the next conflict. And that we would be talking about China. Since the China has a lot of Area deniability weapons that means that you're going to have to come in from further away. Modern fighter jets don't have the range. Or really the payload capacity. If you want to do a hurting on China attacking Taiwan, you're going to need bombers and stealthy ones. Well the b-52's could fire hypersonic missiles from a thousand miles out and survive possibly, if you wanted to get close and personal it's going to take a different type of airframe.

[@jeanmarcforcier383]

At what cost is built, and what is the cost missile that takes down.

[@jeffsmith50001]

The B-2 had partial anti-gravity. The B-21 is just one of the jars out of The Sweetshop.

[@chrisornduff3686]

This thing is bad ass.

[@masondawson4061]

So stealth this my first time hearing about it.

[@mikecummings6593]

The military-industrial complex at its finest

[@kathrynck]

MID is a grossly over-exaggerated concept. Nobody gets de-platformed for talking about the MID. If you're really interested in where all the money and power went, look to sources which are actively censored. Red Herrings, or "seeded" conspiracy theories, are far more popular and common than truths. And even somewhat more common than authentic nutjob theories. But sometimes such things can have a relationship similar to smoke being near fire.

[@dobraydien7242]

Reminds me of the "white bird" in the game ace combat 5

[@dloui5214]

rumors said its engines made of element 121

[@KidDynamite6]

B21 is operating with technology from 2050s

[@robinraphael]

I say I say I Would of called it the chicken hawk and named the first one foghorn-leghorn 🐓

[@michaelcurley7801]

I say boy, my lips are flappin, but your ears ain't wavin.

[@ponchoremerize5508]

If they are only gonna buy a token amount, then it cannot replace all the other bombers. I'd say the costs are out of this world!

[@jackmehoffer7819]

Can you spray the white paint on Uncle Joe and make him disappear?

[@thesmartI]

Next gen F around and find out

[@jtwilliams8895]

With my crystal ball I see cost overruns, followed by cuts in aircraft procurement

[@davidking7222]

More like 1986 . Finished testing , shelved prototypes and given the go ahead in 2009 to make a production line .

[@pjbarney9580]

very cool.. at first glance I just assumed it was a suped up B2 a few months ago. kinda like the stealth F15x.... it's a f15 with black paint.... seriously!?... I'm curious to know what the B21 power is like... and max payload

[@kathrynck]

Around 90,000-100,000 lbs max thrust, maybe less. 1 rotary launcher, so 50% of a B-2's payload. Range is similar to the B-2 though. It's smaller. "less eggs in one basket" ...and that much harder to detect. There's pros & cons to that, but they'll need ALL100 of them to have a meaningful fleet payload capacity.

[@mosthatedandroidtunernolim9800]

It's more than just black paint and it's called f36 king snake it's bigger than the f15 and gas more advanced tech

[@Freesavh1776]

The bubble center fuselage reminds me of Juggernaut's helmet. Seriously! Just look at it!🤔😮

[@zach11241]

Do you know what I am? I’m the Raider, bitch!

[@Fusionprospects]

It's so fucking beautiful

[@FeralRC]

Hey that's the same company that built the truck thay delivers my mail!

[@SCP-POOL]

Well the propulsion system isnt exactly classified...its using (2) F-135 engines.

[@kathrynck]

I'm sure they're modified for higher bypass, and likely re-designated. Much like the F135 engine is derived from the F119. But yeah, it's designed around having 2 of those. But it could possibly have the GE XA100 engine (or a derivative) as standard when produced. What's very secretive though, is the geometry of the exhaust.

[@Kaidhicksii]

It's a stunning aircraft, but a question. Why reveal such a brand-new, top secret, and vitally important military asset for the whole world to see? For our potential enemies, even if much of the plane's design is still classified, the fact it exists means they'll know to look out for it and will likely do more intensive spying to see behind the curtain.

[@ScaryRevenant]

Potential red herring lol

[@GenericSpace]

I think I'm comment #50. That comment-counter needs to get with the program! lol Very cool video.

[@auro1986]

it's the same b2 but smaller isn't it?

[@Bigbongguy]

Why did they reveal it now when it not gonna enter service until 27

[@alldog222]

You ain't a gonna replace the good old B -52

[@deemen7132]

B2=Playstation, Raider=PSP

[@stnkfngr6109]

People ask if the B-21 can compete with the Chinese H-20. I wonder if they know that the 'H' stands for Harbor freight

[@TheGweilo701]

Just think, in 20years China will have gathered enough information on the Raider to build a crappy one!

[@taylortevebaugh5146]

Nice looking piece of equipment. Should keep both Russia and China on their toes!

[@ramonamiranda3619]

Jesus Christ happy birthday holy spirit marketing manager

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Subscribed to all the Dark Channels, and watch them daily. THX! 👊 😎 🇺🇸

[@ihaveaphone]

doritos and this bomber both can be destroyed by water

[@edwardfletcher7790]

So many mistakes and pointless fluff in the narrative....😩

[@LuciFeric137]

We'll see how it does against quantum radar.

[@carlobalzer3238]

What a beautiful wow 🫡🇺🇸

[@pedrohpires6608]

Why the title is« The Most Technologically Advanced and Menacing Plane Ever Built by the US» and not «in the world» ?????

[@adriancollazo1652]

...why was it unveiled to the world?? Isn't it better to keep it secret?

[@devvonhitt7418]

its the military's way of saying fuck around and find out to china or Russia or any other country

[@HalMcGinnis]

TIL that it was named after the Doolittle Raiders and not the Cylon Raiders. I have to be forgiven though because the F-16 is called the Viper.

[@ntabile]

Oops! With reference to Battlestar Galactica!😊