B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber
This is about air-force technology. B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
The B-2 is a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber capable of penetrating sophisticated and dense air-defence shields.
A new transportable hangar system allows the B-2 to be deployed to forward locations overseas.
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has the capacity to carry up to 40,000lb of weapons, including conventional and nuclear weapons.
The B-2 can respond from domestic US bases to conflicts anywhere in the world within hours.
The B-2 is considered the most survivable aircraft ever built.
B-2s have successfully released bomb shapes from the rotary launcher and conventional weapons from bomb-rack assemblies.
The aerodynamic design of B-2 incorporated computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Flight testing has encompassed 100% of the air refuelling envelope with the KC-135 and KC-10 tankers.
The Fire and Ice nose-art prominently displayed on a B-2.
The cockpit is equipped with a colour, nine-tube, electronic flight instrumentation system (EFIS)
Northrop Grumman has delivered over 20 B-2’s to the US Air Force.
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Specs >>
