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      B - 2  STRATEGIC STEALTH 
      BOMBER

      The primary mission of the B-2 is to enable any theater commander to hold at risk and        
      if necessary attack an enemy's war making potential to the point of obliteration and           
      mass annihilation,  especially those time-critical targets which, if not destroyed in the         
      first hours of a conflict, would allow any unacceptable damage to be inflicted on friendly   
      forces. The ability of the Stealth Bomber to perform these tasks in the face of modern       
      air defenses reduces both the likelihood & probability of success of a regional aggressor.
      Yes, these B2's cost around TWO BILLION, but before you are too quick to Monday 
      Quarter Back... you will notice three priceless Facts. They don't and Won't get shot
      out of the sky over ANY country in the world, which means NO American POW's or
      even casualties and finally they fly out of One airbase near Saint Louis, Missouri!
      Regardless of where on the planet their target is located.... achem ! Think about that.    

      Since 1996 the Stealth Bomber has a conventional capability in addition to its primary   
      nuclear designed mission. The Stealth Bomber needs no forward operating locations     
      or concurrence of second party nations to conduct its role in prosecuting any war to a  
       devastating and swift conclusion. The ability to project immediate responsive air power 
      from within the U.S. continental boundaries to a regional crisis anywhere on the planet 
       speaks volumes of the Stealth Bomber's abilities of performance, range, payload, speed, 
      precision, and invincibility due to its qualities of stealth. The Stealth Bomber fleet of 20 
       aircraft operates from three secure bases; Whiteman  AFB, Mo. Diego Garcia, Indian   
      Ocean and recently from Anderson AFB, Guam located in the western Pacific ocean.    

      This Stealth Bomber carries a crew of two (pilot & mission commander) with four GE F-118-100 turbofan engines rated at 19,000 pound thrust each to carry the 340 thousand pound craft at transonic speeds on missions up to 3,000 miles from its home base & can have a 10,000 mile range of operation with just only ONE air refueling!

      The Stealth Bomber is a 5,140 square foot flying wing with smooth stealth surface contours, recessed thermal invisible engines and unbroken outer surface lines. It was purposely designed to minimize any observable 'signatures' in the following areas: radar, infrared, acoustic, visual and electromagnetic emissions. Despite having a wingspan of almost the length of a football field, the radar cross- section is that of an insect no bigger than a wasp. Over 150 on board computers control and integrate functions such as: avionics, flight control, targeting, Global Positioning, Elint, ECM, sensor and communications warning suites passive, active and reactive. The Stealth Bomber has two side-by-side weapons bays, each of which houses one rotary launch assembly (RLA) that enables twenty different targets to be simultaneously acquired, attacked and destroyed within twenty-two feet of accuracy. Interestingly; weather, temperatures hot/cold, poor visibility, night or even cloud cover is not a factor in the B-2 mission results!

      In the Persian Gulf War 1,263 allied aircraft struck 144 preselected targets and 370 aim points. The B-2 Spirit fleet using conventional munitions, would have been able to duplicate this feat in only a matter of hours! So, one thing I am constantly asked is why wasn't the B-2 used? Conventional capability was not aquired until late 1996 and the Persian Gulf war was in 1991!

        In 1996 the Spirit acquired its conventional weapons capability.
        In 2001 it demonstrated that capability to Cave dwellers !
        In 2002 other countries were asked if they would like an  
        up close and personal demonstration, their reply was...     


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                  One more note here about Stealth bombers... the 1950's B-52  
         Bomber has been approved for a cloaking device & a state of 
         the art paint job that will give that 50 year old bird... 
        Stealth! 

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