I disagree with Brian in that both China and Russia are also working on stealth bombers. The H-20 and PAK DA. But I do agree with him that the B-21 Raider claimed price is way too high. At worst it should cost like three times the price of an F-35. Not this ridiculousness.
Good luck. Who is the alternative supplier China or Kazakhstan?
Boeing has loads of aircraft in their parking lot because of COVID-19 airline travel reduction led to airlines deferring or canceling orders. And then there is the 737MAX fiasco. 777X is also going nowhere. Airbus is pretty much delivering their airplanes as soon as they build them.
Bollocks. Japan has huge production of titanium metal sure, as do China and Kazakhstan. But USA has minimal production of titanium metal. Much less than Japan. The US might work the metal sure and make metal parts out of it but they have pitiful production of the metal.
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This is a canard. The paint industry uses TiO2 not Ti metal. Not the same thing. Well, if China, India, Turkey, Brazil, etc do not want the titanium metal I guess that the Russian Navy can go back to making all titanium subs. Maybe they can make the PAK DP all out of titanium too.
Good luck with that. It takes over a decade to ramp up production of titanium metal. If not more. And if they are switching suppliers to China, or banking on Kazakhstan as a source, well. I will also add that making titanium metal is highly energy intensive and I do not see Japan's energy costs going down in the medium term. The US does not ramp up production because no one is interested in investing in for over a decade in facilities and laboratories before seeing any revenues.