B-21 Raider

America's Next Stealth Bomber: Everything We Know About the Jet Replacing the B-2 and the B-1

von Mason J. Harrington

300 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

America spent a generation building a stealth bomber so rare that losing one would feel like sinking a capital ship.

Nineteen jets. Climate-controlled hangars. Sixty hours of work for every hour in the air. A $2 billion lesson the country swore it would not pay twice.

Then the B-21 Raider arrived - smaller, quieter, built to be owned in hundreds, not hoarded like treasure.

B-21 Raider: America's Next Stealth Bomber walks you through everything the public record is willing to say about the flying wing meant to replace the B-2 Spirit and the B-1 Lancer. Not a brochure. Not a rumor mill. A clear, plain-language account of the jet, the bill, the hangar problem, and the race a country cannot sit out.

What you will find inside- Why the current bomber force is still flying - and why "still flying" is not the same as ready- The warning a defense secretary attached to the B-2 before the Raider even had its public name- Why the new jet is lighter, carries less, and is still being called an upgrade- The long missions, the tankers, two engines instead of four, and a skin that is not supposed to need a special roof- The weapons on the shelf, the extra jobs people tried to hang on the airframe, and the question of whether a person has to be on board at all>Why this book exists>Who needs this book- Readers who want the B-21 explained without needing a security badge- Aviation fans who already know the B-2 and suspect the sequel is more than a new paint job- Anyone who has watched an old machine outlast its war and wanted the next chapter in ordinary language>When to read it>If you have ever looked at a stealth bomber and wondered what it costs to own one you can actually send, this is the walk-through.

Open it. The hangar door is already moving.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798173673084
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published