“No other bomber can match its effectiveness”: US unveiled its B-21 fighter [VIDEO]

USA submitted on Friday B-21 Raidersa high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to fly without a crew on board.

The ceremony was held at the facilities of the manufacturer B-21Northrop Grumman, in Palmdale, California, and began with the US national anthem as the oldest bombers roared over a crowd that included senior US officials.

The doors to the hangar that housed the new plane were opened and the fabric covering it was removed: the sleek gray bomber is valued at nearly $700 million apiece.

” B-21 Raiders this is the first strategic bomber in more than three decades,” said US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in his speech at the ceremony.

“Open System Architecture”

Many details of the aircraft are being kept under wraps, but it is known that it will have significant advantages over existing bombers in the US fleet.

“No other long-range bomber can match its efficiency and durability,” Austin said, adding that it was “designed to be the most maintainable bomber ever built.”

Like the F-22 and F-35 military aircraft, B-21 It has technology that makes it difficult for radar to detect due to its shape and the materials it is built from.

“Even the most advanced air defense systems have difficulty detecting B-21 in the sky,” Austin said, “50 years of technological progress has been invested in this aircraft.

The aircraft is also built with an “open system architecture” that allows the addition of “new weapons that have not yet been invented,” he explained.

“Really Modern”

Amy Nelson, a fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, told AFP ahead of the presentation that B-21 it is “destined for development”.

“Open architecture” allows future integration of advanced software (including for autonomy) to airplane does not become obsolete so quickly,” he explained.

” B-21 it is much more elegant than its predecessors, really modern. Not only is it dual-purpose (unlike the B-2), which means it can launch nuclear or conventional missiles, but it can also launch long and short range missiles,” Nelson said.

No mention was made during the ceremony of the possibility that the aircraft could fly without a crew, although prior to the presentation, an Air Force spokesman USAAnn Stefanek told AFP that the aircraft was designed “for this capability” but “a decision to fly without a crew” has not yet been made.

According to the spokesman, Washington plans to purchase 100 devices of this model. (According to AFP)

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