Everything that surrounds the bomber B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber It is a secret, to the point that it is not known exactly what materials is made, or how it achieves its invisibility. Is The most expensive plane in history, but also the most feared. The only one who has been able to complete A real 70 -hour mission without stopping engines.
He Invisible bomber B-2 It is the only plane in the world that combines long range, stealth and large load capacity on a single platform. It occurs anywhere on the planet in a few hours, and can transport up to 16 Nuclear bombsin addition to other types of pumps, for a deadly load that adds 23,000 kilos of explosives.
With a unique recognizable silhouette worldwide, the B-2 Spirit It imposes even standing on the runway, with its 52.4 meters of winged wings, half of a football field, in addition to 21 meters in length, and a height of 5.2 meters. Its loaded weight is 152,200 kilos.
Secrets and curiosities of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber bomber
He B-2 Spirit can fly more than 15,000 metersat subsonic speed, about 972 km/h. It is not 100% invisible, something still impossible, but it is considered low observability, thanks to a combination of a small infrared, acoustics, electromagnetic, visual and radar firm.
Even even detected, this bomber is difficult to fix by enemy weapons. The details are unknown, but it is known that it uses radar absorbent materials, a special paint and a flywheel -shaped fuselage.
The B-2 Spirit began to be designed at the time of the Cold warin the 70s of the last century, as a plane capable of launching an atomic bomb in the territory of the Soviet Union.
Manufactured by Northrop Grummana first version first took off publicly on July 17, 1989. But the story played against him. That same year the Berlin wall fell, and the Soviet Union began to move towards democracy, dissolving.
The B-2 Spirit was finished, but it no longer made sense to bombard the Soviet Union, because it did not exist. With the arrival of Gorbachev to power, the new Russia had become a friendly country, so the United States Congress cut the forecast to manufacture 132 bombers, just 21.
It was a reasonable decision, because it was the most expensive plane in the world. The entire project to design and manufacture the 21 B-2 Spirit cost 44.7 billion dollars projected to 2004about 2,128 million dollars of 20 years ago, by plane. Each flight hour costs more than $ 150,000.
The plane that gives aerial superiority to the United States
In 2008, one of these bombers crashed during an takeoffso only 20 units remain.
The B-2 Spirit has participated in the Balkan War, in Afghanistan, in Iran, and in two operations in Libya. Also in secret espionage missions.
The B-2 holds the record of The longest air combat mission in history. In 2001, the Spirit of America survived Afghanistan for 44 hours. He made a rapid stop for a crew and maintenance of 45 minutes with the engines running, and returned to Missuri on another 30 -hour flight, which meant a total of more than 70 consecutive hours without stopping engines.
It is also a very cinematographic plane. Has appeared in numerous filmsincluding Independence DayArmageddon, Iron Man 2, Cloverfield, Airplanes, Rampage y Captain Marvel.
Invisible B-2 Spirit bomber has almost 40 years of lifebut all this time has been updated, to adapt to new radar and defense technologies. The most expensive plane in history is still the most lethal.
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