The New B-21 Stealth Bomber to Be Revealed Later This Year, Senator Says

Re:The New B-21 Stealth Bomber to Be Revealed Later This Yea... by cpursley on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:16AM (#32223806)

Other than keeping the gravy train going to the MIC, how useful is a system like this in the age of hypersonic ballistics? Stealth or not, I can't imagine this thing making it into the territory of a near-peer.

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Re:The New B-21 Stealth Bomber to Be Revealed Later This Yea... by jandrewrogers on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:57AM (#32224362)

We've had hypersonic ballistics for the better part of a century. We've been in this "age" longer than most people have been alive. This is not an unfamiliar problem to militaries.

Ballistic missiles have many limitations.

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Re:The New B-21 Stealth Bomber to Be Revealed Later This Yea... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:43AM (#32224154)

Russia is a near-peer and Ukraine was able to fly helicopters into Russia and attack a refinery.

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Re:The New B-21 Stealth Bomber to Be Revealed Later This Yea... by cpursley on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:30AM (#32224811)

And? Helicopters are easy to hide and fly in low. And most of those missions have been suicide. The idea that Russia (or any military) can detect and intercept everything is unrealistic.

I think a lot of people have a misunderstanding of how these things work because they're comparing this to the invasion of Iraq (a 3rd rate military at best with basically zero air defense).

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Re:The New B-21 Stealth Bomber to Be Revealed Later This Yea... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:51AM (#32225142)

My point is to outline that the topic is complicated. There is a lot more to it than "x radar resolves y aircraft"

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