i highly doubt it would be able to make it to Beijing or Moscow without being detected. it mostly flies over 3rd world countries with low quality radar systems and no dog fighting jets patrolling the skies.
@@Big-Government-Is-The-Problem they are constantly tested with our own radars. And radars of allies, first world countries like Germany England France etc, they still pass the test.
Most of them are based out of a base near my house in Missouri. I’ve seen training flights of 3-4 of them at a time flying overhead, without prior notice. So they HAVE been detected before 😏😉 (Obviously messing around.)
That, and IF satellite systems were destroyed or interfered, we would have a redundancy to target enemy systems. You need to be able to fight without GPS. Certainly an advantage, but a possible scenario
You should also consider another critical factor: bombers can be RECALLED -- ICBMs can not. This means you can use bombers to threaten enemies by flying close to their borders, as the U.S. did to the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, scaring Kruschev and the Politburo. Obviously, too, it's critical to be able to call off an attack in case of mistake. Also, REUSABILITY -- once a missile has been fired, it is gone and no longer a useful weapon or deterrent. Bombers can be brought back and reloaded. There are also other factors such as flexibility in weapons choice, cost, electronic intelligence gathering, and probably other factors.
Definitely alot and considering how quiet it actually is in person, it would seem like something otherworldly to the ignorant eye. Besides the fact that it has green and red collision lights. Frankly, you'd have to be a moron to not notice the blinking collision lights and think it's a flying saucer. This is always my argument when people try to say a UFO is some secret aircraft. If it is, it'll still have blinking collision lights. If you really think about it, planes like this are tested at remote sites such as Area 51... meaning no one is around to even view it as a UFO. Secret military projects like this don't go testing their aircraft over the Las Vegas sky for everyone to see. So that begs the question, how many people *actually* saw this and thought it was a UFO compared to how many people see something that is absolutely unexplainable and that cannot be solved by our current understanding of physics and military tech?
my uncle worked on the stealth fighter night vision in the 1980s. he was a optical physicist. he had high level security. currently works in the private sector but told me about the hand scanners he used to go to work when i was a kid. It wasn't until i heard the Bob Lezar story that i mentioned it to him cuz he talked about these hand scanners. He basically confirmed that hand scanner was 100% real and used in several laboratories he worked in. He also heard the same rumors about trying to reverse engineer alien tech and having UFOs in possession. This is water cooler rumors from top security level scientists all working on the stealth fighter. My uncle is a smart guy and not the kind of guy who is into nonsense. Take it how you want.
when i was small me and my brothers spotted one hovering through my neighborhood and its super quite and it was super low to the ground barely noticed it. I thought it was a UFO for years.
"You can shoot it down using planes, can't you?" You can, but you have to find it first. Odds are, it would already have dropped its payload and left the area before the opposing planes would even have a chance to scramble. That's also assuming the air fields weren't one of the first targets to establish air superiority.
Another factor the video didn't really cover was it typically only flies over enemy territory at night. Which not only makes it hard for radar to detect but very hard to see with your eyes, and it is also designed to have as low as possible heat signature making even infrared not very useful against it. The day time footage is from when it's over friendly skies.
@@nochannel1q2321 theres this crazy thing on every fighter jet called a gun, its super cool. ok so what it does is it shoots from the front of the jet and is controlled by the pilot, crazy right.
@@NoHope_ Right, but even then it relies on radar or visual ID, neither of which are likely to identify and target the B2 before it has already completed its mission and is well on it way back to friendly airspace.
"What is the reason to have bombers? We don't do strategic bombing anymore" Well, I'll put it this way... (There is a platoon on the ground that knows there is a group of baddies up on a hill near them.) "B2 Bomber, B2 Bomber, this is Leg Infantry 6" "Go ahead Leg Infantry 6" 'B2, You see that Baddie camp on that hill 4 clicks to my east?" "Roger, Leg 6" "I don't want to, B2" "Understood, Leg 6" (Big boom, and no more hill)
@@iliilil5761 true but the B2 was built to be invisible to radar so if the anti-air and new fighters still use radar to track and lock-on to its target they would end up having to fire L.O.S (Line of sight) and hope they hit the B2 before it drops its payload on its target.
@@iliilil5761 The B2 is capable of carrying 60,000 pounds worth of munitions at 50,000 feet. It has a radar cross section of 0.0001 m^2, the same as the F-22 Raptor, about the size of a bumblebee on radar. Think about that. It has never been detected during operations, and therefore never fired upon. If an air traffic controller can't see it on radar, then there's no course heading to guide fighters to.
They used to fly over my high school football games. Because whiteman airforce base ain't too far from KC where I live. So they would do practice flights and would stop along the way at high school football games haha. Just looked like a floating death triangle in the sky, you couldn't hear it, and you didn't know it arrived. Someone would literally look up and go "oh my god the B2!" And there she'd be, gliding in the wind and being absolutely silent. It was a surreal experience every time.
Not to mentioned its obsolete. U can track it now by simply just using doppler radar(used to track weather). U dont track the plane but u can track the air that the plane disturbed. Once its tracked it doesnt have weapons to depend. Its effective bfore used during golf war & bosnia. Iraqui Air Force called it “ghost plane”. Thats why u see in the news the Iraquis firing randomly on air bcause they cant see the bomber wit their best radar they can buy. Talking about air supremacy. US still need bomber just incase ICBMs by land or Subs. B2 can deliver more than 5-10 nukes. Its a dooms day weapon! LOL
Detecting, tracking and targeting are all very different things. You might (might) be able to detect a stealth aircraft, but that doesn't mean you can accurately track or target it. They usually use different radar bands for target and track than detection..
SR-71 Blackbird. its funny how even usa can't match this aircraft with modern technology all new prototypes end up failing if you can't beat anti air just fly higher than it.
by rockets I'm assuming he's talking about ICBM's, but the reason the plane exists alongside ICBMs is because unlike the missile, you won't know the B-2 is coming until the job is done
@@Dj.MODÆO And nuclear tipped ICBMs only have one job. Can't really use them in a war against terrorists and insurgents unless you want the entire world to hate you.
I too was watching this thinking he needed to see the SR-71. He needs to watch the same hype-train videos he's been watching but then he also needs to watch the video where the SR-71 pilot recalls hearing other pilots try to brag about their speed.
@@martinsafranko2625 The B2 was not shot down by Serbia. The F117 was shot down. That was more due to luck. The Serbians knew the F117 flew over a certain area every day but their AA Radar could not detect it. So they saturated the air with SAMs when they knew it was going to be overhead and got lucky. The F117 while stealthy, is nowhere near as stealth as the B2
@@martinsafranko2625 there has only ever been 21 ever produced with 20 still active. One crash landed at a US airport which there is video of. So sorry but no AA gun has ever shot down a B2.
@@martinsafranko2625 Serbia never had a single AA weapon that could target and destroy something flying as high as a B2 so the impossibility of what you're saying should have been obvious to you.
It's not that simple. You really don't want to send in a stealth bomber "alone and unafraid." Throw in some terrain masking, radar jamming, and maybe some diversions elsewhere, and then you're stealth bomber will get to their targets before the enemy knows it's there.
The B2 is almost invisible to radar (I've read somewhere that its radar-echo is similar to a large bird), the underside has a special coloring, matching the night-sky - that also why they "usually" attack at night, being near undetectable. Their missions in Iraq were usually to destroy AA-locations to enable allied airforces gain air superiority
Lol I thought the same thing. I've seen people that see that jet and not only don't know what it is, but don't even know that it even exists. From what I understand it is an absolute engineering marvel. They apparently went through multiple designs before settling in what we see here. Also, with this being a relatively older plane, what classified aircraft these days are sitting in a hangar in the desert somewhere? The newest aircraft I would imagine will be space faring vehicles
on reason the triangle is hard to detect is that if radar hits it the reflections are sent off to the side meaning the radar system cant use the echo to tell how far away the plane is. it also really efficient since the the plane is literally a giant wing meaning more lift and less drag due to the lack of the tail rotor. the tail rotor being gone does make the plane hard to fly though as to produce yaw ( for turning left and right ) it has to use flaps on its wings to produce drag ( and depending on how the flaps are used roll is also possible ). alternatively if stealth is the main priority the engine power can be adjusted to produce yaw (adjusting the flaps can increase the radar signature).
You need afterburners to go supersonic...unless you're flying an SR-71 lol. Ahhh, the 1960s when we could make a plane fly faster than a bullet and go to the moon. 50 years later we haven't done either.
@@orionfoxx1954 lol if only they could tell how high it is or how fast. They know there may be something there but not where it is until it gets close enough.
@@ogexo it's a saying. Think of it this way. If we where in a race and I started a light year closer to the finish line then who wins the race and by how much? 😁
My grandpa did too! My grandpa never got past 4th or 5th grade, but ended up working for Northrop for 40 YEARS straight, and worked on the B-2 and F-18. He had to retire because he got Parkinson's (probably from all the chemicals).
The B-2 is soon to be replaced by the B-21 Raider. My father was a mechanic in the 509th Bomb wing as a crew chief. He is retired now and I enjoyed your reaction.
With the B2, the U.S, could give any county in the world 24 hour notice that we will Bomb their capital the following night. And still be able to execute the mission, with precision accuracy and all B2s would return safely.
@@phillynation2906 oil? What the f___k are you talking about. The US is oil independent now we produce more now than we use and are now selling the excess. Try to keep up.
My old neighbor flew F-117s. I got to listen to some of his war tapes from his cockpit, one of which was him taking ground fire. That thing was so advanced for its time.
@@stimproid No, the F-117 is an attack aircraft. Not a bomber. Attack aircraft are generally shorter range aircraft specially optimized for ground attack and close air support. Bombers are always longer range, and are meant to attack high value targets, not to directly assist ground troops. Considering it is an attacker, it should've been the A-117, not F-117. Because F usually denotes a fighter. But I'm not gonna get into semantics.
I live about 40 miles from Whiteman Airforce Base, Missouri. We get the treat of watching them fly by sometimes when they do training and test flights. Growing up, I just assumed everyone got to watch them fly. Didn't realize until I was a teenager that only we get to see them fly on the regular. They are definitely fun to watch fly, and you can always tell when they're coming because they usually fly low and they're incredibly loud. When you hear a plane coming, and it gets louder and louder until the house is shaking, everyone just thinks "must be a stealth coming". Very cool to watch.
You should check out declassified nuclear test videos from the 60s they're pretty cool, we(the usa) had two artillery cannons that shot out mini nukes they were called the atomic anne and the davy crockett. in the videos you can really see the effects of a nuke on a small scale it is a sight to behold.
there is one on top of the hill overlooking Ft. Riley here in kansas. I live next to the fort, I drive by it all the time. pretty cool. my neighbor is an apache pilot and he buzzed the house the other day.....wayyyyy lower than 500 ft.
@@83athom , you remembering the 80's the the last line of home defense artillery nuke rounds. Sorry I don't remember the project ( battle plans) name when and if the United States get over run on U.S. soil.
@@ogexo that is the minimum that they have committed to, by 2050 they could decide to extend even longer. Some in the DoD want to pack the BUFFs full of long range missiles and fly them just out of range of danger and use them as Missile Trucks. A F-35 can select a target and fire a missile from the B-52 without having to compromise it's stealth. They want to do the same with a new F-15X. 😁
Yea I loved to see those thing in Barksdale AFB with their air shows they even all stuff it could carry laid out in front of the aircraft it was really cool
The reason that the US still is using and developing stealth strategic bombers are several: 1. Bombers can be recalled, missiles can't 2. Fighters like the F-22 and F-35 have very limited range and so need airfields close to the enemy. The B-2 has a unrefueled range of about 7,000 miles allowing it long loiter times over the enemy without being tracked by enemy air defenses. 3. It carries more weapons than the B-52. 4. While it is expensive to build and operate, it is still less than all the missiles that would be needed to engage hundreds of targets. 5. The B-2 has sensors that can be related to / from other ground and aircraft sensors giving it extreme sensor fusion of the battle space. 6. All military aircraft have an additional mission of being a show of force. Trust me, after seeing the B-2 and knowing it can penetrate all enemy defenses, who would what to invite a visit by a B-2. 7. A B-2 can cover hundreds of thousands of square miles of ocean delivering pinpoint accuracy against enemy ships without being detected. That's just a starter list.
The B2 Spirit is meant to hit “strategic” targets, they take out the targets like, a countries power grid, bridges, and bases. We have other bombers like the B1 and the B52 that can hit troops, tanks, and lightly defended targets. The B2 is a deep penetrator bomber and goes where other bombers cannot.
Well, it's really, really hard--and therefore expensive--to implement a level of stealth that offers practical, even quite devastating advantages. And for a long, long time other countries didn't think it was even possible that stealth could work so well on operational aircraft, so they are literally decades behind the US in even trying. There were many skeptics in the US military, as well. Even years after the F-117 showed that it could work, the first F-22 off the assembly line was immediately tested (even before it got its special RAM paint application) against a flight of four F-15s, and shockingly it easily took them all down (with simulated missiles). The F-15's powerful, sophisticated radar just couldn't detect the F-22 at any decent range. The hype was real, it seemed, and then came the Red Flag exercises in which the F-22 seemed virtually invincible. The Russians used to scoff at the idea of stealth fighters and bombers, and said that even if, hypothetically speaking, stealth actually worked (had to hold back their laughter), then the planes would be hopelessly compromised in their flight capabilities. Now, this was true of the F-117 to some extent, but the F-22, F-35, and B-2 hardly seemed to be compromised at all. The B-2 is an extremely efficient flying machine, as intended, and the F-22 in particular has extremely good flight performance for any fighter. I've spoken to several Russians in the aerospace industry back when the F-22 was new, and they told me that if the F-22 is really stealthy, then it would fly like a pig, and if it is a very high-performance fighter, then it would not really be stealthy. It has taken them many years now to begin to accept what the US aerospace industry has accomplished, and it took the US decades to get this far. Now the Russians have been trying to incorporate stealth and are finding it very difficult. Of course it is difficult when you're many decades late to the game and do not have nearly as much money as the US, who have spent obscene numbers of billions of dollars on this technology that was originally based on a Russian scientist's analysis and equations. The engineering is really the hard part, though, and no one but the US believed it could be done.
This is true, but it is worth noting that even if russian planes are not as stealthy as american ones, they are significantly more maneuverable. A russian plane may have trouble fighting an f22 at beyond visual range, but a beyond visual range fight as a buddy of mine's dad who was a top gun pilot told me, becomes visual range very quickly with the speed those planes have.
@@dylanr4665 Well, 5% purely for defense is actually very, very high for any country, and the GDP of Russia is comparable to that of Italy. Combine this with the fact that Russian defense spending is a lower percentage of their GDP, and the disparity should become fairly clear.
@@gregbagel791 The relevant Russian fighters came along a bit later than US 4th generation fighters, and benefited from more advanced knowledge of aerodynamics. But so did the F-22, so it as well as the Typhoon and other modern European fighters can more or less keep up in terms of combat-relevant maneuverability. The Russian fighters additionally benefit from having engines that are tuned for performance over longevity, but once again the F-22 and Typhoon, with their more advanced F119 and and EJ200 engines, can keep up, if not exceed, what the others can do. As for fights often eventually becoming WVR, this is true enough, even for the F-22, but in such cases, whoever had superior situational awareness going in is generally going to prevail. Although the parameters have changed, the same basic principle was true in World War II, as well, and the F-22 has the kinematic performance to set up eventual WVR dogfights to its advantage (or else bug out if that is possible).
Guys lets have him look at the maddess that is B-1 Lancer, imagine his reaction to Supersonic stealth bomber. Especially with the new stealth cruise missiles for pacific theatre
Yea, that's a good idea. Supersonic aircraft which is the newest thing, just not popularized yet, are so damn fast you will be destroyed before you can even react. The only thing I can imagine to take something like that down would be some incredibly quick reacting ground to air lasers. Or even satellite based lasers. Either way I'm not worried. Not only do we know have a space force, but there are almost CERTAINLY satellite based weapons above our heads right now
@@hugolionboss6355 unfortunately he can't. literally zero information has been made public on the B-21 besides it's name and the shape of it's shadow. we likely won't know anything about it for years.
@@hiteshadhikari The first thing to be targeted would be SAM sites. I know everyone likes to jerk off about the S300, S400, and S500 platforms. But considering the military spending of Russia, they're not nearly as good as Russian propaganda will ever tell you.
The BUFF is still one of the scariest air frames in the world. When you look at the payload a B-52 can carry...it’s a scary thing. Now think of an entire payload of smart weapons...it’s terrifying! Entire platoons of Iraqi Republican Guards surrendered in mass due to the B-52s reputation for destruction.
The military has their Equipment upgraded as much as physically and logically possible before they actually choose a New and better design. in the end it is much cheaper to Upgrade rather then Research a New weapon or vehicle
I lived next to Edward's airforce base in Cali. I saw the B2 all the time. It's capable of completely disappearing at night. It flew over my house barely a hundred feet above the telephone poles and I never heard it or saw it. All I could see was a slightly dark outline of the B2. It isn't fast but you can't shoot what you can't see so speed doesn't matter with complete stealth. That is one badass plane. My wife has been working on the F22 Raptor for 10 years. She has worked on the B2 and the F35 Lightning.
@@Two-EyedShockwave hell, the strategy when missiles were fired at it was to outrun the missiles, that is once the enemy had missiles that could even reach their altitude.
we still have the B-52 Stratofortress (first flight 1952) still in service and the B-1 Lancer (1974). No surprise the B-2 Spirit (1989) is still going. When an airframe fills it's roll so well that anything new would be a waste of r&d funds, you keep the 'old dog.'
Iraq wasn't shock and awe. The generals who spoke of it didn't fully understand the concept. They grew up in the near Vietnam era so their doctrine was still old school. Baghdad was bombed by 2 B-1s, not a B-2. Shock and awe is not about precision munitions but is what is called "strategic paralysis". Shock and awe is the bumper sticker term for it. Shock and awe is intense simultaneously attacking all levels of a country's ability to function.
I was an Avionics maintainer on this thing for 4 years.... Like all cutting-edge things, it required a LOT of maintenance and a lot of effort to keep going, but if we did it right it more than payed for itself in the amount of missions it completed without anyone knowing about it 😎. Btw the high-pitched scream of its engines is something you'll never forget if anyone ever gets the privilege of seeing it take off!
haha, given their latest upgrades, the B-52 will still be used way into the 2040s, I think the B-52 may become and oldest Aircraft in Active Military Service, maybe even reaching 100 years.
Another cool thing about the B-2, they are pretty much silent. On approach, you cannot hear them at all and after they fly over you they still make less sound than a normal jet. By the time you hear a B-2 flying over you the sound of it's engines is hidden by the bombs exploding around you. They are stealth planes in every aspect.
From it's engine to it's "fuel tank" it's a ridiculously innovative design. Basically the equivalent of an RPG enthusiast that happens to be an aeronautical prodigy that decides to minmax.
The blackbird is beautiful but personally I love the P-51 more, especially because they could beat the speeds of ME-262's when they came out of a dive.
If this was made 30 almost 40 years ago...can u imagine what they have now...they've spent a lot of $ since then and technology has made pretty substantial progress...smh
When they are talking about "in 1949," they're talking about the YB-49, and are referring to the flying wing concept, which was first conceptualised in the first half of the 20th century. The B-2 is by far the most well known example of this type of airframe, but definitely not the only one. There was actually a German WWII project involving a flying wing aircraft, the Horten Ho-229.
"It looks like a triangle" is part of how the stealth system works, it's all physics and radar cross sections... The first fully stealth fighter was also a triangle... Look at the F-117 Nighthawk. A lot of UFO sightings are probably attributed to seeing these (and other) weird top secret vehicles flying around... The B-2 itself wasn't developed in the cold war, but it came out of a program called "Have Blue" that started in the cold war, as did the F-117 Nighthawk. The program was the puppy of Lockheed SkunkWorks, and it was about achieving stealth through facets and body shape to reduce the radar cross section. Its shape was designed so that if it was painted by radar, its facets could disperse 99% of the signal. The F-117 Nighthawk came out first, and the B-2 came after. They also has a plan for a cruise missile using the same technology, but either this is still classified or it never came to fruition.
i'm guessing it came to be, but that is something you keep in your pocket for the brute wanting war and not knowing who actually has the bigger extendable stick with a fuse at the tip.
Stealth cruise missile has been around for a LONG time. Carbon Fiber composite nose cone, down swept control surfaces. AGM-129 is it's designation. What rock have you been hiding under for the last 20 years since it was announced?
@@Daytruin lol exactly. I tell people that alot when I mention classified weapons and aircraft being kept from us, some people call me insane. But like you said, a smart warrior never allows his opponents to see the dagger behind his back, or the advantages one may have over another. Our us government definitely has some corrupt assholes within, however when it comes to our military research and testing companies, there is noone on this planet that could or would touch us. And yes including China, Russia, and Iran
Also there was a German concept for a fighter in ww2 that was a flying wing design and it would’ve been able to take out British radars without much of a reaction because of its shape and would’ve crippled Britain and probably would’ve helped Germany against Britain and maybe win in that front
They attack at night in the dark. You can’t shoot down what you can’t see. Undetected by radar radar they destroy an enemy’s surface to air defenses as well as their radar tracking facilities. This leaves them blind and unable to defend against aerial attacks. They most certainly can be shot down by enemy fighters. They are invisible to enemy fighters. They can’t shoot down what they can’t find. They are also escorted by stealth fighters in enemy airspace which will handle any fighter threat. They are scheduled for retirement in 2030 because the next generation stealth bomber will be unveiled. As of today one has never been shot down in combat.
17:01 - fighters (Korean, Russian...) are very fast and could take it down. ...what fighters are you talking about? The smouldering ones in the crater that used to be an airbase? Or the ones that haven't been scrambled because they didn't get warning from the crater?
Patrick Henry well I like I said if they were going into “hot enemy territory”, if the b2 was on a recon or stealth mission then the bomber wouldn’t and shouldn’t need to worry about enemy fighters because if the area they are bombing has a near my air base, that would be the first target.
You can't detect it except visually and they fly at night. They don't need escort. The tertiary purpose is that they enter countries blind to antiaircraft and airbases and destroy all of those. Then they can to special stuff because it's open sailing for bombers with no stealth capability at all. The F117 did this during the Persian Gulf War and I think the results speak for themselves.
I remember seeing a chart a while back of what the radar cross section of various planes looked like. A conventional plane like a 747 was huge as opposed to the cross section of a B-2 which was about the size of a small bird.
The first Stealth Fighter, the F/A-117 Nighthawk was developed in the 1970s, and had sharp edges to it. It had the shape of an arrowhead. The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber was developed in the 1980s. It is curved like this because the computer technology had advanced enough to calculate the correct contours of the curves to deflect radar signals. The cost was like $2B per plane. It's successor, the B-21 is being developed now, and is more or less just an upgrade to the B-2. The most noticeable difference is that the rear of the fuselage/wing has just 3 points (2 wing tips and 1 for the rear of the fuselage). The B-2 has 5 rear points (2 wing tips, and 3 mid fuselage. There are probably several more differences that are Top Secret, of course. But you ask why do we still need stealth bombers like this, well, ever heard of a little country called China. There's a growing chance that a war with China is on the horizon. And you can see that it can drop lots of bombs. Trust me, a Stealth Bomber is still very much needed.
The "war with China" argument is pretty much useless, as smaller fighter jets can destroy the G-A defence areas and military bases, etc. I do also agree, though, that the B-2 is a useful and cool airplane. Also, the US could just launch a few Polaris missiles. All I'm saying, is that the B2 will not be needed to bomb China. P.S. if any war with China happens, it's probably gonna be caused by Donald Trump, and I wouldn't be surprised.
Dont forget the plane design was copied from German WW2 technology, the Horten Ho 2-29 German stealth bomber to be exact which was the first ever. Was never put into service though since they lost the war.
The whole point of the B-2 is it doesn't get detected... Therefore it can't be intercepted by fighters or shot down by AA turrets... So in the end whatever target the B-2 has explodes and the enemy are left wandering where the attack even came from
I live in St Louis Missouri and a couple weeks back to honnor the medical field the b2 bomber flew over St Louis and I got to see it fly over my house you can't even hear it
If your read up on the B2 it was first created in 1978. It was just kept a secret until the late 80's. So I agree with you, if it was around in 1978, just imagine what we have that we don't know about now.
B-2 wasn't created in 1978. Northrop created tech demonstators like Tacit Blue for DARPA but there was no need for the B-2 until the USAF's ATP (Advanced Technology Bomber) program in 1980. Until 1981 when they were awarded the contract, nothing but papers existed. Now a half sized model was created to test its stealth capabilites and in 1986 a full size model followed. Finally, in 1989 it flown for the first time.
The design of this plane isn't from the 80's.....it's from the 30's. Look up the Horten Ho 229. The B-2 is essentially a scaled up, more powerful version of the 229.
I went to a museum and I got to see a B2 and it is giant Edit: Btw you need bombers to take out a large group or a large base Edit 2: nuclear bombs are way to big
Another use for bombers: Psychological. He referenced missiles, but the world's gotten use to the idea of nuclear missiles and considering that they are in their silos/subs or it's the end of the world, with no in-between, it's hard to use them as an intimidation tactic. Let's say you have a hypothetical giant communist country threatening to, i don't know, invade another country they think is theirs, and then go stealing everyone's islands. Start with increasing reconnaissance patrols, then send in a few aircraft carriers, and if that doesn't work, move in bombers within striking range. It's a very visible way of increasing pressure while also being able to de-escalate and allow for negotiations in a way you can't will missiles.
“Theres no more Soviet Union so theres no need for the B2”. Artur, the Communist Chinese are coming and one must remember most importantly, having Peace is through strength. We’ll never know when the Free World might need it.
It's odd. The most advanced planes, because they can't be sold to others, are super expensive because the end up not sticking to original purchase, and then they retire them due to cost. Ugh! Ha ha. F22 had rough start but also got a bad wrap. Awesome damn plane. Granted XF-23 is a beautiful beast!
my uncle helped design the night vision tech on the stealth fighter in the early-mid 1980s. very smart guy. currently he works on missiles that can be fired into space.
When you see these out flying, you don't realize what they are at first. Then they do a slight turn and it is one of the most awesome things you'll ever see.
In its entire service life to present, the B2 has never been detected or fired upon. Not once. That's enough proof for me! Lol
i highly doubt it would be able to make it to Beijing or Moscow without being detected. it mostly flies over 3rd world countries with low quality radar systems and no dog fighting jets patrolling the skies.
@@Big-Government-Is-The-Problem they are constantly tested with our own radars. And radars of allies, first world countries like Germany England France etc, they still pass the test.
@@Big-Government-Is-The-Problem Id highly doubt they would want to fly a bomber over Moscow anyway!
Man i love working on this jet for a living 💯
Most of them are based out of a base near my house in Missouri. I’ve seen training flights of 3-4 of them at a time flying overhead, without prior notice.
So they HAVE been detected before 😏😉
(Obviously messing around.)
"Why do you need bombers"
"Airman, see that military base?"
"Yes sir."
"I don't want to."
American tactics in a nutshell. Nice pfp
Life the A10 joke lmao BRRRTTTTT
lol
Truth bomb on target.
What base?
Artur: Why need bombers when everyone has good AA?
America: To destroy that AA and strategic targets so normal bombers can rain hell from the skies..
That, and IF satellite systems were destroyed or interfered, we would have a redundancy to target enemy systems. You need to be able to fight without GPS. Certainly an advantage, but a possible scenario
You should also consider another critical factor: bombers can be RECALLED -- ICBMs can not. This means you can use bombers to threaten enemies by flying close to their borders, as the U.S. did to the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, scaring Kruschev and the Politburo. Obviously, too, it's critical to be able to call off an attack in case of mistake. Also, REUSABILITY -- once a missile has been fired, it is gone and no longer a useful weapon or deterrent. Bombers can be brought back and reloaded. There are also other factors such as flexibility in weapons choice, cost, electronic intelligence gathering, and probably other factors.
And, as Foster McCash mentions in his comment, the element of surprise.
yes
Also America: Because nukes
Who else feels bad about skipping the shoutouts simply because he’s the only RUclipsr who does it :(
Don’t change, man.
Yeah same. I’m not getting a shoutout anytime soon so I just skip but it’s really cool that he pays attention and remembers names
i think it’s a foolproof way for him to make videos longer to get more money from ads, while making it seem like he’s shouting ppl out. kinda genius
Gantho he doesn’t get money for ads or anything because the video he watches isn’t his so they get money for the views and adds not him. Supposedly
I don’t skip ever lol
I actually really enjoy his commentary on the diversity of American names and different states...it’s hilarious
Imagine how many UFO sightings this thing was responsible for during development and testing.
Definitely alot and considering how quiet it actually is in person, it would seem like something otherworldly to the ignorant eye. Besides the fact that it has green and red collision lights. Frankly, you'd have to be a moron to not notice the blinking collision lights and think it's a flying saucer. This is always my argument when people try to say a UFO is some secret aircraft. If it is, it'll still have blinking collision lights. If you really think about it, planes like this are tested at remote sites such as Area 51... meaning no one is around to even view it as a UFO. Secret military projects like this don't go testing their aircraft over the Las Vegas sky for everyone to see. So that begs the question, how many people *actually* saw this and thought it was a UFO compared to how many people see something that is absolutely unexplainable and that cannot be solved by our current understanding of physics and military tech?
my uncle worked on the stealth fighter night vision in the 1980s. he was a optical physicist. he had high level security. currently works in the private sector but told me about the hand scanners he used to go to work when i was a kid. It wasn't until i heard the Bob Lezar story that i mentioned it to him cuz he talked about these hand scanners. He basically confirmed that hand scanner was 100% real and used in several laboratories he worked in. He also heard the same rumors about trying to reverse engineer alien tech and having UFOs in possession. This is water cooler rumors from top security level scientists all working on the stealth fighter. My uncle is a smart guy and not the kind of guy who is into nonsense. Take it how you want.
@@dubstylee , the mystery of Area 51.
when i was small me and my brothers spotted one hovering through my neighborhood and its super quite and it was super low to the ground barely noticed it. I thought it was a UFO for years.
well the gov of the usa did confirm of aliens
"You can shoot it down using planes, can't you?" You can, but you have to find it first. Odds are, it would already have dropped its payload and left the area before the opposing planes would even have a chance to scramble. That's also assuming the air fields weren't one of the first targets to establish air superiority.
You'd also need to like aim by hand since all of the ways to use automated targeted are already unable to see t.
Another factor the video didn't really cover was it typically only flies over enemy territory at night. Which not only makes it hard for radar to detect but very hard to see with your eyes, and it is also designed to have as low as possible heat signature making even infrared not very useful against it.
The day time footage is from when it's over friendly skies.
@@nochannel1q2321 theres this crazy thing on every fighter jet called a gun, its super cool. ok so what it does is it shoots from the front of the jet and is controlled by the pilot, crazy right.
@@NoHope_ You can shoot at matte black at night accurately without having been alerted there's a plane to attack?
@@NoHope_ Right, but even then it relies on radar or visual ID, neither of which are likely to identify and target the B2 before it has already completed its mission and is well on it way back to friendly airspace.
"What is the reason to have bombers? We don't do strategic bombing anymore"
Well, I'll put it this way...
(There is a platoon on the ground that knows there is a group of baddies up on a hill near them.)
"B2 Bomber, B2 Bomber, this is Leg Infantry 6"
"Go ahead Leg Infantry 6"
'B2, You see that Baddie camp on that hill 4 clicks to my east?"
"Roger, Leg 6"
"I don't want to, B2"
"Understood, Leg 6"
(Big boom, and no more hill)
but anti-air and air superiority fighter jets
@@iliilil5761 true but the B2 was built to be invisible to radar so if the anti-air and new fighters still use radar to track and lock-on to its target they would end up having to fire L.O.S (Line of sight) and hope they hit the B2 before it drops its payload on its target.
How americans terraform
@@iliilil5761
The B2 is capable of carrying 60,000 pounds worth of munitions at 50,000 feet. It has a radar cross section of 0.0001 m^2, the same as the F-22 Raptor, about the size of a bumblebee on radar. Think about that. It has never been detected during operations, and therefore never fired upon. If an air traffic controller can't see it on radar, then there's no course heading to guide fighters to.
The example you gave would be tactical bombing not strategic.
“Is that one of those planes that can refuel in the air?”
Uuuhhh in merica I think that’s all of em
Glad someone said it, I just sat there for a min like..... "does he not know we can do that with almost anything in the air?"
No lies detected. A lot of our large Helicopters can midair refuel as well
Lol, it not like we take all of our planes across oceans on a single tank of gas. All of war planes and helicopters mid-air refuel.
Yeehah
Even the tanker can be refueled by another one
The B-2 is about to be replaced with the B-21
Upvote to let Arturr see.
The u.s. has lots of programs intended for future use that will make our current tech look weak
@@ReaperPwnsGhost they keep people in the dark abt tech for like 40 years so we can have fighter spaceships as far as we know.
Btw arthur the reason russia and china hasn't copied it or built their own version is cost close to 1 billion per plane.
@@TheSpiritFox821 I know lol
@@TheSpiritFox821 We do. The X-37 lol
U know we're in the first world when we have a Nuclear bomber flying over a sports event as entertainment. lol
Got a flyover from one at the 4th of July firework show in DC last year.
the pilot: **clicks red button that says nuke**
@Matt B r/whoooooosh
@@angeloxdmt jdam: your time has come
They used to fly over my high school football games. Because whiteman airforce base ain't too far from KC where I live. So they would do practice flights and would stop along the way at high school football games haha. Just looked like a floating death triangle in the sky, you couldn't hear it, and you didn't know it arrived. Someone would literally look up and go "oh my god the B2!" And there she'd be, gliding in the wind and being absolutely silent. It was a surreal experience every time.
B2 is being retired because we built an even better one: the B21
Not to mentioned its obsolete. U can track it now by simply just using doppler radar(used to track weather). U dont track the plane but u can track the air that the plane disturbed. Once its tracked it doesnt have weapons to depend. Its effective bfore used during golf war & bosnia. Iraqui Air Force called it “ghost plane”. Thats why u see in the news the Iraquis firing randomly on air bcause they cant see the bomber wit their best radar they can buy. Talking about air supremacy. US still need bomber just incase ICBMs by land or Subs. B2 can deliver more than 5-10 nukes. Its a dooms day weapon! LOL
@K9 Variety Studios I think landmines were a much bigger problem for your country.
Detecting, tracking and targeting are all very different things. You might (might) be able to detect a stealth aircraft, but that doesn't mean you can accurately track or target it. They usually use different radar bands for target and track than detection..
@K9 Variety Studios I think ethnic cleansing was your biggest problem my friend.
@K9 Variety Studios Yeah, never mind that the damage was all brought on by that racist psychopath, Milosevic.
"You dont have an enemy to use this on"
China: *sweats*
Please do. It's high time they're put in their place.
As of 2022 fall, Russia has nothing that can counter it. And China probably can't deal with it either.
And now Russia, btw, they never left.
@@victors4333 US and Russia are only enemies to benefit nato and politician money laundering
React to the SR-71 Blackbird and the SR-71 Blackbird LA speed story.
SR-71 Blackbird. its funny how even usa can't match this aircraft with modern technology all new prototypes end up failing if you can't beat anti air just fly higher than it.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAa
The plane that flew from Paris to The US and arrived before it left.
It was originally known as the RS-71 Blackbird, but because of error during live press they started calling it the SR-71 Blackbird.
Do you even read my Christmas list!
He gonna flip his shit when he sees the SR-71 if he thinks this thing is fast
no cap
I might as well add this video from Mustard's channel on the SR-71. I'd love to see Artur react to this one.
ruclips.net/video/th-RoJBP0Vs/видео.html
He didn't say it's fast. He actually was dissatisfied with its top speed...
PepeLaugh TeaTime
The B-2’s are going to be retired because I believe they confirmed the testing and eventual launch of its replacement, the B-21.
Covert Cabal's video on the B-21 was pretty good.
Here's the link:
ruclips.net/video/RBt7gRVOU4Q/видео.html
They won't be immediatly retired. The B-21s are going to supplement the existing B-2, B-52, and B-1 fleets.
Correct
Seriously..These things are 40 years old, seems like a good run to me.
Lol 40 years I a good run? B52s are almost 70 years old and gonna be in service for 20+ more years LOL
People are afraid of China
Me: Laughs in American
American: kills Chinese troop “I swear I’ve killed that guy 25 times already!”
@@radiationstudios5533 savage bro lol but i can understand as an Asian 🤣
@@radiationstudios5533 lol
Only thing that we have to worry about it their economic power. Military Might and Economic Might go hand in hand
@@chococo3066 don't forget cultural power. China owns Hollywood, sports and other international companies.
by rockets I'm assuming he's talking about ICBM's, but the reason the plane exists alongside ICBMs is because unlike the missile, you won't know the B-2 is coming until the job is done
Also Bombers are reusable, while ICBMs are single use only. This makes bombers a better investment in the long game.
@@Dj.MODÆO And nuclear tipped ICBMs only have one job. Can't really use them in a war against terrorists and insurgents unless you want the entire world to hate you.
Won't know it's coming until it's leaving, lol
@@joshuaortiz2031 An ICBM cannot be recalled, or stopped after launch, a bomber can ...
@@joshuaortiz2031 “whoops sorry I destroyed your whole country with my nuke, bright side we got rid of the insurgents”
If you like this you should react to the, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
i was gonna suggest the same thing. It'll blow his mind
I've been saying this on all his videos! A rundown and the speed check story
I too was watching this thinking he needed to see the SR-71. He needs to watch the same hype-train videos he's been watching but then he also needs to watch the video where the SR-71 pilot recalls hearing other pilots try to brag about their speed.
HE NEEDS TO SEE IT
Yes was gonna suggest the same
"Why do you even need this?"
because this is how freedom rings
You need to look at the B21 raider
It was
“It looks like a triangle”. Yes, a deadly stealthy triangle
Stealth dorito
100% of U.S. aircraft can refuel in air including Air Force One
*Cessna has entered the chat*
My mom bought a camper from someone that refuels the aircraft mid-air. He showed some really cool footage that he took
Air Force one is literally any plane the president is im
*My UFO Has INFINITE Fuel*
Noah Young not Helicopters tho, that Marine one then (assuming you knew that but just adding this piece of info)
*Fun fact*
The B 2 stealth bomber program is more $$ than the GDP of Estonia.
More? it's more than most countries haha
And proceeds to be shutdown by conventional aa Guns in yugoslav wars by serbia but US doesnt wanna admit
@@martinsafranko2625 The B2 was not shot down by Serbia. The F117 was shot down. That was more due to luck. The Serbians knew the F117 flew over a certain area every day but their AA Radar could not detect it. So they saturated the air with SAMs when they knew it was going to be overhead and got lucky.
The F117 while stealthy, is nowhere near as stealth as the B2
@@martinsafranko2625 there has only ever been 21 ever produced with 20 still active. One crash landed at a US airport which there is video of. So sorry but no AA gun has ever shot down a B2.
@@martinsafranko2625 Serbia never had a single AA weapon that could target and destroy something flying as high as a B2 so the impossibility of what you're saying should have been obvious to you.
"Why do you have bombers when you can just shoot them down?"
This is a stealth high altitude bomber. You can't shoot it down.
It's not that simple. You really don't want to send in a stealth bomber "alone and unafraid." Throw in some terrain masking, radar jamming, and maybe some diversions elsewhere, and then you're stealth bomber will get to their targets before the enemy knows it's there.
@@ressljs ruclips.net/video/-FdKPEA17m4/видео.html
Charles Halsey it is possible though.
bro you can shoot it down, it was shoot down by the serbs and detected on the radars.
@@davidnovak4450 that was the only time it was
The B2 is almost invisible to radar (I've read somewhere that its radar-echo is similar to a large bird), the underside has a special coloring, matching the night-sky - that also why they "usually" attack at night, being near undetectable.
Their missions in Iraq were usually to destroy AA-locations to enable allied airforces gain air superiority
It's actually the size of a bee
@@vFAITHv87 this
They also have many parts covered in gold.
It's the size of a bee on radar. 0.0001
B-2 Spirit: Most advanced stealth, heavy strategic bomber to ever fly.
Artur Rehi: It looks like a triangle.
Lol I thought the same thing. I've seen people that see that jet and not only don't know what it is, but don't even know that it even exists. From what I understand it is an absolute engineering marvel. They apparently went through multiple designs before settling in what we see here. Also, with this being a relatively older plane, what classified aircraft these days are sitting in a hangar in the desert somewhere? The newest aircraft I would imagine will be space faring vehicles
Lucas Smith b-21 is our replacement
I believe the most advanced *were* sr71 and x15 witch are still better than the b2 yes the b2 has better stealth but you cant hit what you cant see
@@theredpillneo2296 that one is actually a generation or 2 behind...
Artur: The USA doesn't need this anymore
USA: hold my beer...
Ba hahahahaha
No one, not a single soul
America: idea; TACTICAL TRIANGLE
Its actually a german ww2 idea, horten-229
Jack Northrop had a flying wing design back in 1929
@@olafbenedetti war thunder
those 30mm be trippin
on reason the triangle is hard to detect is that if radar hits it the reflections are sent off to the side meaning the radar system cant use the echo to tell how far away the plane is. it also really efficient since the the plane is literally a giant wing meaning more lift and less drag due to the lack of the tail rotor. the tail rotor being gone does make the plane hard to fly though as to produce yaw ( for turning left and right ) it has to use flaps on its wings to produce drag ( and depending on how the flaps are used roll is also possible ). alternatively if stealth is the main priority the engine power can be adjusted to produce yaw (adjusting the flaps can increase the radar signature).
@@T-Dawg123a probably
"Such a big thing couldnt go that fast"-Artur Rehi
Me: "Thats what she said"
The reason that the top speed is subsonic is to avoid creating a large heat signature due to supersonic flight.
Ther ya go ! Faster isn't always better.
@@forMacguyver SR-71 would like to have a word with you
@@cheeseninja1115 SR-71 is not stealth so it has to fly as fast and high as possible to not get shot down.
You need afterburners to go supersonic...unless you're flying an SR-71 lol.
Ahhh, the 1960s when we could make a plane fly faster than a bullet and go to the moon. 50 years later we haven't done either.
And the sonic boom as well
Honestly not even mad this popped up in my recommended, you seem like a really genuine dude, instant sub
He's a good dude. Binge watch to catch up ;)
Exactly the way I became a sub lol
You send in your stealth bomber to knock out radar, communications, and command sites first then all your planes can fly freely.
Bombers cost the same as long range ICBMs, however Bombers are reusable while ICBMs are not.
The b2 has a radar cross section roughly the size of a seagull, that's what I find most impressive about it.
Its rounded and angled never to reflect radar straight back and it's coatings absorb more radar energy
What's on radar sir? Nothing much a seagull that's a bit bigger then others but nothin out of the ordinary
A1 Marine a seagull that happens to be really really high up
@@orionfoxx1954 the eagle got high
@@orionfoxx1954 lol if only they could tell how high it is or how fast. They know there may be something there but not where it is until it gets close enough.
Look up "The Insane Engineering of The SR-71" and the "LA Speed Story" and react to those. The SR-71 was so ahead of its time, incredible aircraft.
Still arguably is still ahead of the time. I cant wait to see if the SR-72 which has been proposed since the 90s I believe comes to be a real plane
@john smith light year is distance not time
@@ogexo it's a saying. Think of it this way. If we where in a race and I started a light year closer to the finish line then who wins the race and by how much?
😁
Also, the video he should of watched for the A-10 was "The Insane Engineering of The A-10" made by the same channel.
@@ogexo still a massive distance
“From the future,” ummm..... my great-grandfather was one of the engineers working on this.
Well, China keeps the Pentagon planners up at night.
Did he know that? Obviously not
My grandpa did too! My grandpa never got past 4th or 5th grade, but ended up working for Northrop for 40 YEARS straight, and worked on the B-2 and F-18. He had to retire because he got Parkinson's (probably from all the chemicals).
Rage Quit ? I said my great-grandfather worked on this. My father is a prison guard.
Mike Sibanda he was able to infer after it was declassified.
The B-2 is soon to be replaced by the B-21 Raider. My father was a mechanic in the 509th Bomb wing as a crew chief. He is retired now and I enjoyed your reaction.
With the B2, the U.S, could give any county in the world 24 hour notice that we will Bomb their capital the following night. And still be able to execute the mission, with precision accuracy and all B2s would return safely.
knock knock, it's the United States
Someone say oil????
Wrong B52's were shot down in Vietnam. And could be now. You must be poorly informed.
neth ; nethanel mas ; masters B2s, my guy. Not B52s...
@@phillynation2906 oil? What the f___k are you talking about. The US is oil independent now we produce more now than we use and are now selling the excess. Try to keep up.
Rehi: "This is the only stealth bomber. One of a kind."
US: Laughs in F-117
My old neighbor flew F-117s. I got to listen to some of his war tapes from his cockpit, one of which was him taking ground fire. That thing was so advanced for its time.
F-117 isn't technically a bomber, its a ground attack/ fighter plsne. Basically a bomber that moves better.
@@idontwantmyrealnameonhere5955 It had no guns or missiles. Only bombs. It was really a bomber.
F117 is retired
@@stimproid No, the F-117 is an attack aircraft. Not a bomber. Attack aircraft are generally shorter range aircraft specially optimized for ground attack and close air support. Bombers are always longer range, and are meant to attack high value targets, not to directly assist ground troops.
Considering it is an attacker, it should've been the A-117, not F-117. Because F usually denotes a fighter. But I'm not gonna get into semantics.
Artur: it looks like a triangle
me: that one scary-ass triangle
I’m is the USAF and Its cool watching reactions about our planes from other country’s military personnel
Well thank both of y’all for your service. I want to become a air force pilot
We've used the B-52 for the last 50+ years. I will enjoy it when you get to that
B-52 The 100 year warrior (not scheduled to retire till 2050 !)
@@forMacguyver imagine keeping the sophwith camel until 2018
Wanting Arthur to react to the British Vulcan as well, just wish the British government kept it and just modernised it
Please do SR-71!!! FASTEST AND HIGHEST manned flying air breathing plane!!
Ps. Also watch the LA Speed Check story!
YESSS
Mig 25 go brrrrrr
About to comment this
And the LA speed story
! Would love to see this!
I live about 40 miles from Whiteman Airforce Base, Missouri. We get the treat of watching them fly by sometimes when they do training and test flights. Growing up, I just assumed everyone got to watch them fly. Didn't realize until I was a teenager that only we get to see them fly on the regular. They are definitely fun to watch fly, and you can always tell when they're coming because they usually fly low and they're incredibly loud. When you hear a plane coming, and it gets louder and louder until the house is shaking, everyone just thinks "must be a stealth coming". Very cool to watch.
It’s all going well until you see huge triangles flying above you
*Laughs in Destiny 2*
So them triangles are coming
You should check out declassified nuclear test videos from the 60s they're pretty cool, we(the usa) had two artillery cannons that shot out mini nukes they were called the atomic anne and the davy crockett. in the videos you can really see the effects of a nuke on a small scale it is a sight to behold.
This is where the Fallout video game got it's inspiration for the Fat-Man weapon.
there is one on top of the hill overlooking Ft. Riley here in kansas. I live next to the fort, I drive by it all the time. pretty cool. my neighbor is an apache pilot and he buzzed the house the other day.....wayyyyy lower than 500 ft.
We had a lot more than just 2 artillery pieces that could fire nuclear munition.
It's called the Trinity project.
@@83athom , you remembering the 80's the the last line of home defense artillery nuke rounds. Sorry I don't remember the project ( battle plans) name when and if the United States get over run on U.S. soil.
React to the B-52 Bomber, probably the most legendary bomber, and it’s so good the US is going to fly it for over 100 years
The B-52 is going to be replaced. You can only upgrade something so much before its obsolete.
@@Trve_Kvlt it will be used until 2050
@@ogexo that is the minimum that they have committed to, by 2050 they could decide to extend even longer. Some in the DoD want to pack the BUFFs full of long range missiles and fly them just out of range of danger and use them as Missile Trucks. A F-35 can select a target and fire a missile from the B-52 without having to compromise it's stealth. They want to do the same with a new F-15X.
😁
Yea I loved to see those thing in Barksdale AFB with their air shows they even all stuff it could carry laid out in front of the aircraft it was really cool
I’ve been wanting him too
The reason that the US still is using and developing stealth strategic bombers are several:
1. Bombers can be recalled, missiles can't
2. Fighters like the F-22 and F-35 have very limited range and so need airfields close to the enemy. The B-2 has a unrefueled range of about 7,000 miles allowing it long loiter times over the enemy without being tracked by enemy air defenses.
3. It carries more weapons than the B-52.
4. While it is expensive to build and operate, it is still less than all the missiles that would be needed to engage hundreds of targets.
5. The B-2 has sensors that can be related to / from other ground and aircraft sensors giving it extreme sensor fusion of the battle space.
6. All military aircraft have an additional mission of being a show of force. Trust me, after seeing the B-2 and knowing it can penetrate all enemy defenses, who would what to invite a visit by a B-2.
7. A B-2 can cover hundreds of thousands of square miles of ocean delivering pinpoint accuracy against enemy ships without being detected.
That's just a starter list.
Damn you thought of more reasons than I did you is big brain
@@Bry_Ceo_Of_Titans_Forge lmao and he’s right on point
All these planes can be launched off all 11 super carriers all over the world
"Why do you need bombers?"
JDAMs, lots of them. Much cheaper than tons of missiles.
True
Jdams are$100,000 a piece and still need a aircraft, a drone or any plane to launch them, b2 can carrie a bunch of them
if I'm not mistaken, the Spirit has the radar cross section of a large bird making it near impossible to detect, let alone shoot down
The B2 Spirit is meant to hit “strategic” targets, they take out the targets like, a countries power grid, bridges, and bases. We have other bombers like the B1 and the B52 that can hit troops, tanks, and lightly defended targets. The B2 is a deep penetrator bomber and goes where other bombers cannot.
Also, anything with a lot of stealth has a huge fear factor when it could literally be above you with a nuke and you would never know it.
The B2 was the last aircraft my father was involved with as a design engineer.
Well, it's really, really hard--and therefore expensive--to implement a level of stealth that offers practical, even quite devastating advantages. And for a long, long time other countries didn't think it was even possible that stealth could work so well on operational aircraft, so they are literally decades behind the US in even trying. There were many skeptics in the US military, as well. Even years after the F-117 showed that it could work, the first F-22 off the assembly line was immediately tested (even before it got its special RAM paint application) against a flight of four F-15s, and shockingly it easily took them all down (with simulated missiles). The F-15's powerful, sophisticated radar just couldn't detect the F-22 at any decent range. The hype was real, it seemed, and then came the Red Flag exercises in which the F-22 seemed virtually invincible.
The Russians used to scoff at the idea of stealth fighters and bombers, and said that even if, hypothetically speaking, stealth actually worked (had to hold back their laughter), then the planes would be hopelessly compromised in their flight capabilities. Now, this was true of the F-117 to some extent, but the F-22, F-35, and B-2 hardly seemed to be compromised at all. The B-2 is an extremely efficient flying machine, as intended, and the F-22 in particular has extremely good flight performance for any fighter. I've spoken to several Russians in the aerospace industry back when the F-22 was new, and they told me that if the F-22 is really stealthy, then it would fly like a pig, and if it is a very high-performance fighter, then it would not really be stealthy. It has taken them many years now to begin to accept what the US aerospace industry has accomplished, and it took the US decades to get this far. Now the Russians have been trying to incorporate stealth and are finding it very difficult. Of course it is difficult when you're many decades late to the game and do not have nearly as much money as the US, who have spent obscene numbers of billions of dollars on this technology that was originally based on a Russian scientist's analysis and equations. The engineering is really the hard part, though, and no one but the US believed it could be done.
It really only happened because the other countries said it could not be done.
This is true, but it is worth noting that even if russian planes are not as stealthy as american ones, they are significantly more maneuverable. A russian plane may have trouble fighting an f22 at beyond visual range, but a beyond visual range fight as a buddy of mine's dad who was a top gun pilot told me, becomes visual range very quickly with the speed those planes have.
Funny part about the US' military spending...is that it's only 5% or so of our GDP. Lol
@@dylanr4665 Well, 5% purely for defense is actually very, very high for any country, and the GDP of Russia is comparable to that of Italy. Combine this with the fact that Russian defense spending is a lower percentage of their GDP, and the disparity should become fairly clear.
@@gregbagel791 The relevant Russian fighters came along a bit later than US 4th generation fighters, and benefited from more advanced knowledge of aerodynamics. But so did the F-22, so it as well as the Typhoon and other modern European fighters can more or less keep up in terms of combat-relevant maneuverability. The Russian fighters additionally benefit from having engines that are tuned for performance over longevity, but once again the F-22 and Typhoon, with their more advanced F119 and and EJ200 engines, can keep up, if not exceed, what the others can do.
As for fights often eventually becoming WVR, this is true enough, even for the F-22, but in such cases, whoever had superior situational awareness going in is generally going to prevail. Although the parameters have changed, the same basic principle was true in World War II, as well, and the F-22 has the kinematic performance to set up eventual WVR dogfights to its advantage (or else bug out if that is possible).
Guys lets have him look at the maddess that is B-1 Lancer, imagine his reaction to Supersonic stealth bomber. Especially with the new stealth cruise missiles for pacific theatre
Most of that was right. The B-1 is not a stealth aircraft, though.
Yea, that's a good idea. Supersonic aircraft which is the newest thing, just not popularized yet, are so damn fast you will be destroyed before you can even react. The only thing I can imagine to take something like that down would be some incredibly quick reacting ground to air lasers. Or even satellite based lasers. Either way I'm not worried. Not only do we know have a space force, but there are almost CERTAINLY satellite based weapons above our heads right now
he should do the b21 raider
100% not stealth lol
@@hugolionboss6355 unfortunately he can't. literally zero information has been made public on the B-21 besides it's name and the shape of it's shadow. we likely won't know anything about it for years.
If this b2 is being shown on RUclips, just imagine what’s top secret 😂😂
The B-2 has been in service for some decades now. So yeah, also probably the b-21
Exactly ☝️🤠
Now the b-21 is out on the internet. So yeah imagine what is gonna replace the b-21
"Why do we even need bombers anymore?"
Well, just incase we need to rain freedom onto Moscow
Tbh b2 wont reach moscow. These bombers are good for 3rd world countries but useless against advanced radar and air defences
@@hiteshadhikari 1 was destroyed in 1999 and no i dont mean f117
@@lazarjovanovic4388 Evidence?
@@lazarjovanovic4388 There has only been 21 B-2s built, the only one that was destroyed was because it crashed landed at an Air Force Base.
@@hiteshadhikari The first thing to be targeted would be SAM sites. I know everyone likes to jerk off about the S300, S400, and S500 platforms. But considering the military spending of Russia, they're not nearly as good as Russian propaganda will ever tell you.
If you want to see a plane that "should be outdated" check out the B-52.
Greatest bomber of The 20th Century.
Also one of the BEST bands!
Schrodinger's GAT no it’s the best bomber period
@@ddddjnntnfn6910 Depends on the mission.
The BUFF is still one of the scariest air frames in the world. When you look at the payload a B-52 can carry...it’s a scary thing. Now think of an entire payload of smart weapons...it’s terrifying! Entire platoons of Iraqi Republican Guards surrendered in mass due to the B-52s reputation for destruction.
The military has their Equipment upgraded as much as physically and logically possible before they actually choose a New and better design. in the end it is much cheaper to Upgrade rather then Research a New weapon or vehicle
I lived next to Edward's airforce base in Cali. I saw the B2 all the time. It's capable of completely disappearing at night. It flew over my house barely a hundred feet above the telephone poles and I never heard it or saw it. All I could see was a slightly dark outline of the B2. It isn't fast but you can't shoot what you can't see so speed doesn't matter with complete stealth. That is one badass plane. My wife has been working on the F22 Raptor for 10 years. She has worked on the B2 and the F35 Lightning.
Artur: Why need bombers?
America : For stealth reasons
You cant recall rockets......
@@thegulfcoaststandard71 it's called self-destruct lol
Ah yes, the superfortress. One of the stealthiest bombers ever built
For the 2nd coming of our all mighty Christ 🎯🙌🏼🔥🐐👁️💨☠️💀
It is one of the nuclear triad pieces missiles subs and bombers
Can't believe that a bomber from the late 80s is still effective, well you'll be suprised by the SR-71 Reconnaissance Jet
The B-52 is over 50 years old and still going strong.
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Rolling Thunder.
The SR-71 is no longer in service.
@@aaronlayes4485 I know but there still is no Jet fighter or interceptor that could effectively catch it
@@Two-EyedShockwave hell, the strategy when missiles were fired at it was to outrun the missiles, that is once the enemy had missiles that could even reach their altitude.
You should react to the SR-71 Blackbird, It hit mach 3 witch is insanely fast.
Mach 3.2 to be exact
@@elichen7716 Mach way too bloody fast to be specific
Lol I just suggested this one too. Awesome
And still had plenty of throttle left!
Yep I would like to see his reaction to the Blackbird. I am getting old, i had not realised how long it had been retired for.....
we still have the B-52 Stratofortress (first flight 1952) still in service and the B-1 Lancer (1974). No surprise the B-2 Spirit (1989) is still going. When an airframe fills it's roll so well that anything new would be a waste of r&d funds, you keep the 'old dog.'
I'd avoid those videos with the robot voice, they offen have sketchy at best information
Id honestly rather watch this than an infographics show video
Un Named I’d rather watch an Infographics show video than a Brightside one
You need to do an Sr-71 reaction, a truly amazing plane that has been retired sadly
React to the "Shock and Awe" air campaign in Iraq. No politics, just amazing to see such precise bombs and missiles in action.
And the B2 bombing Baghdad without being seen in radar. They just knew they were being blown to bits.
Iraq wasn't shock and awe. The generals who spoke of it didn't fully understand the concept. They grew up in the near Vietnam era so their doctrine was still old school. Baghdad was bombed by 2 B-1s, not a B-2. Shock and awe is not about precision munitions but is what is called "strategic paralysis". Shock and awe is the bumper sticker term for it. Shock and awe is intense simultaneously attacking all levels of a country's ability to function.
@@RonUS2009 but that's the name of the RUclips videos and the operation. Not saying it's true shock and awe
@@thatblondeguy9566 yeah the whole thing was amazing to watch.
What's amazing is my grandpa helped design and built the original b2 bomber and he actually told me a little bit about the development
Artur Rehi: Wow M1 Abrams has a see-through machine gun shield!
Also Artur Rehi: The B-2 is just a piece of flying scrap metal
I was an Avionics maintainer on this thing for 4 years.... Like all cutting-edge things, it required a LOT of maintenance and a lot of effort to keep going, but if we did it right it more than payed for itself in the amount of missions it completed without anyone knowing about it 😎. Btw the high-pitched scream of its engines is something you'll never forget if anyone ever gets the privilege of seeing it take off!
Artur: Way outdated
B-52: Hold my beer.....
haha, given their latest upgrades, the B-52 will still be used way into the 2040s, I think the B-52 may become and oldest Aircraft in Active Military Service, maybe even reaching 100 years.
Hold my gas...
Eh, I think the Herc will still be around to close the coffin on the BUFF... 60-70 years from now.
Yes this lol
A-10 isn't going anywhere soon either.
Another cool thing about the B-2, they are pretty much silent. On approach, you cannot hear them at all and after they fly over you they still make less sound than a normal jet. By the time you hear a B-2 flying over you the sound of it's engines is hidden by the bombs exploding around you. They are stealth planes in every aspect.
this man needs to see the SR 71 its by far my favorite plane EVER !!!
Yessiiirr, i saw one in texas, such a beautifle plane
From it's engine to it's "fuel tank" it's a ridiculously innovative design. Basically the equivalent of an RPG enthusiast that happens to be an aeronautical prodigy that decides to minmax.
The blackbird is beautiful but personally I love the P-51 more, especially because they could beat the speeds of ME-262's when they came out of a dive.
Blackbird Park Palmdale CA is less than two hours from me.
I've pet the "Sled"
If this was made 30 almost 40 years ago...can u imagine what they have now...they've spent a lot of $ since then and technology has made pretty substantial progress...smh
We just had the 30th anniversary celebration at work for the b2. It’s an amazing craft
Too bad they never tell the general public about it until it's already outdated hah.
B21 raider
@@daltonv5206 can't wait for it.
aurora drone?
When our military retires a plane, It already has a plan to replace it. They usually have something in research and development for 10 to 20 years.
When they are talking about "in 1949," they're talking about the YB-49, and are referring to the flying wing concept, which was first conceptualised in the first half of the 20th century. The B-2 is by far the most well known example of this type of airframe, but definitely not the only one. There was actually a German WWII project involving a flying wing aircraft, the Horten Ho-229.
The B-2's are stored here in my state of Missouri at Whiteman AFB (Air Force Base) roughly a couple hours from me
Hello fellow Missouri man
yep, ive seen one of them fly over me once in MO, and also an A10 on a different occasion.
both times were amazing.
Missourians rise
Missouri gang
I remember seeing one of these fly over the Rose Bowl parade in my town. From the ground, that thing looked 2D lol
"It looks like a triangle" is part of how the stealth system works, it's all physics and radar cross sections... The first fully stealth fighter was also a triangle... Look at the F-117 Nighthawk. A lot of UFO sightings are probably attributed to seeing these (and other) weird top secret vehicles flying around... The B-2 itself wasn't developed in the cold war, but it came out of a program called "Have Blue" that started in the cold war, as did the F-117 Nighthawk. The program was the puppy of Lockheed SkunkWorks, and it was about achieving stealth through facets and body shape to reduce the radar cross section. Its shape was designed so that if it was painted by radar, its facets could disperse 99% of the signal. The F-117 Nighthawk came out first, and the B-2 came after. They also has a plan for a cruise missile using the same technology, but either this is still classified or it never came to fruition.
i'm guessing it came to be, but that is something you keep in your pocket for the brute wanting war and not knowing who actually has the bigger extendable stick with a fuse at the tip.
Stealth cruise missile has been around for a LONG time. Carbon Fiber composite nose cone, down swept control surfaces. AGM-129 is it's designation. What rock have you been hiding under for the last 20 years since it was announced?
@@msgtpauldfreed I meant a stealth cruise missile that specifically came out of the same program as the F-117 and B-2.
@@Daytruin lol exactly. I tell people that alot when I mention classified weapons and aircraft being kept from us, some people call me insane. But like you said, a smart warrior never allows his opponents to see the dagger behind his back, or the advantages one may have over another. Our us government definitely has some corrupt assholes within, however when it comes to our military research and testing companies, there is noone on this planet that could or would touch us. And yes including China, Russia, and Iran
Also there was a German concept for a fighter in ww2 that was a flying wing design and it would’ve been able to take out British radars without much of a reaction because of its shape and would’ve crippled Britain and probably would’ve helped Germany against Britain and maybe win in that front
They attack at night in the dark. You can’t shoot down what you can’t see. Undetected by radar radar they destroy an enemy’s surface to air defenses as well as their radar tracking facilities. This leaves them blind and unable to defend against aerial attacks. They most certainly can be shot down by enemy fighters. They are invisible to enemy fighters. They can’t shoot down what they can’t find. They are also escorted by stealth fighters in enemy airspace which will handle any fighter threat. They are scheduled for retirement in 2030 because the next generation stealth bomber will be unveiled. As of today one has never been shot down in combat.
17:01 - fighters (Korean, Russian...) are very fast and could take it down.
...what fighters are you talking about? The smouldering ones in the crater that used to be an airbase? Or the ones that haven't been scrambled because they didn't get warning from the crater?
Not how stealth works
I would also imagine that if the b2 is going into hot enemy territory it would have a fighter escort to protect it from enemy fighters.
@@titanmasterxd6329 ......of course .....stealth fighters.
Patrick Henry well I like I said if they were going into “hot enemy territory”, if the b2 was on a recon or stealth mission then the bomber wouldn’t and shouldn’t need to worry about enemy fighters because if the area they are bombing has a near my air base, that would be the first target.
You can't detect it except visually and they fly at night. They don't need escort. The tertiary purpose is that they enter countries blind to antiaircraft and airbases and destroy all of those. Then they can to special stuff because it's open sailing for bombers with no stealth capability at all. The F117 did this during the Persian Gulf War and I think the results speak for themselves.
I remember seeing a chart a while back of what the radar cross section of various planes looked like. A conventional plane like a 747 was huge as opposed to the cross section of a B-2 which was about the size of a small bird.
Bumblebee.
The first Stealth Fighter, the F/A-117 Nighthawk was developed in the 1970s, and had sharp edges to it. It had the shape of an arrowhead.
The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber was developed in the 1980s. It is curved like this because the computer technology had advanced enough to calculate the correct contours of the curves to deflect radar signals. The cost was like $2B per plane.
It's successor, the B-21 is being developed now, and is more or less just an upgrade to the B-2. The most noticeable difference is that the rear of the fuselage/wing has just 3 points (2 wing tips and 1 for the rear of the fuselage). The B-2 has 5 rear points (2 wing tips, and 3 mid fuselage. There are probably several more differences that are Top Secret, of course.
But you ask why do we still need stealth bombers like this, well, ever heard of a little country called China. There's a growing chance that a war with China is on the horizon. And you can see that it can drop lots of bombs. Trust me, a Stealth Bomber is still very much needed.
The "war with China" argument is pretty much useless, as smaller fighter jets can destroy the G-A defence areas and military bases, etc. I do also agree, though, that the B-2 is a useful and cool airplane. Also, the US could just launch a few Polaris missiles. All I'm saying, is that the B2 will not be needed to bomb China.
P.S. if any war with China happens, it's probably gonna be caused by Donald Trump, and I wouldn't be surprised.
Dont forget the plane design was copied from German WW2 technology, the Horten Ho 2-29 German stealth bomber to be exact which was the first ever. Was never put into service though since they lost the war.
The whole point of the B-2 is it doesn't get detected... Therefore it can't be intercepted by fighters or shot down by AA turrets... So in the end whatever target the B-2 has explodes and the enemy are left wandering where the attack even came from
It’s purpose is first deterrence, and everything else is just in case we need to.
I’m on a road trip right now and I’m going through Illinois, and Illinois got state of the day 😂😂
Night Train oh wow do you like the job? Plus I just passed you that’s really cool 😁
I live in St Louis Missouri and a couple weeks back to honnor the medical field the b2 bomber flew over St Louis and I got to see it fly over my house you can't even hear it
That’s amazing dude. A B2 would be truly impressive. I saw an A380 demonstration and it was quiet also.
One flew low over my house when George Bush came to my town for his second presidential campaign.
Thing is quieter than crop dusters.
We don't retire planes because there is no need for it. There is always need. We retire because we have something better. We never go backward.
We always have a enemy, and we always prepare for the Red Coats to cross the ocean.
I reccomend watching Curious Droid's new video on the F35. It will give you a better idea of why it's so amazing. No propaganda.
so this design is form the 80's imagine what the have now
B-21 soon.
If your read up on the B2 it was first created in 1978. It was just kept a secret until the late 80's. So I agree with you, if it was around in 1978, just imagine what we have that we don't know about now.
It isn't THAT secret. Once it's ready it will be unveiled to the public. First flight will be 2025.
B-2 wasn't created in 1978. Northrop created tech demonstators like Tacit Blue for DARPA but there was no need for the B-2 until the USAF's ATP (Advanced Technology Bomber) program in 1980. Until 1981 when they were awarded the contract, nothing but papers existed. Now a half sized model was created to test its stealth capabilites and in 1986 a full size model followed. Finally, in 1989 it flown for the first time.
The design of this plane isn't from the 80's.....it's from the 30's. Look up the Horten Ho 229. The B-2 is essentially a scaled up, more powerful version of the 229.
This is the only man that can turn a 10 minute video into a 20 minute video
I went to a museum and I got to see a B2 and it is giant
Edit: Btw you need bombers to take out a large group or a large base
Edit 2: nuclear bombs are way to big
Another use for bombers: Psychological. He referenced missiles, but the world's gotten use to the idea of nuclear missiles and considering that they are in their silos/subs or it's the end of the world, with no in-between, it's hard to use them as an intimidation tactic. Let's say you have a hypothetical giant communist country threatening to, i don't know, invade another country they think is theirs, and then go stealing everyone's islands. Start with increasing reconnaissance patrols, then send in a few aircraft carriers, and if that doesn't work, move in bombers within striking range. It's a very visible way of increasing pressure while also being able to de-escalate and allow for negotiations in a way you can't will missiles.
I got to see this thing flying during a football game.
We've got the B-21 coming soon and then there's Project Aurora.
“Theres no more Soviet Union so theres no need for the B2”.
Artur, the Communist Chinese are coming and one must remember most importantly, having Peace is through strength. We’ll never know when the Free World might need it.
I got to see these in person ...it was amazing
For some reason this huge strange beast of a plane has always been so beautiful to me, second only to the F-22
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It's odd. The most advanced planes, because they can't be sold to others, are super expensive because the end up not sticking to original purchase, and then they retire them due to cost. Ugh! Ha ha. F22 had rough start but also got a bad wrap. Awesome damn plane. Granted XF-23 is a beautiful beast!
i love how artur goes Arturr rei because of his beautiful slavic accent keep it up :D
my uncle helped design the night vision tech on the stealth fighter in the early-mid 1980s. very smart guy. currently he works on missiles that can be fired into space.
When you see these out flying, you don't realize what they are at first. Then they do a slight turn and it is one of the most awesome things you'll ever see.
Imagine Japan, having that flyover them, after WWII.
Imagine horten ho 229 flying over Europe in WW2.
@@geilootv batman
*NEW PLANE * React to the SR - 71 Blackbird
Hasn't that been around since the 60s? Not really new it seems.
maybe but it’s still one helluva plane
Scary fast
Aloha it’s not in use anymore and it seems like he’s only doing reviews of planes that are still being used