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B-21 revealed:
Impressive how minimal the intakes are!
The inlets are so small, they are almost flush.
Austin: Let's talk about the B-21's range. No other long range bomber can match its efficiency.
Austin: Let's talk about the B-21's stealth.... Even the most sophisticated air defense systems will struggle to detect the B-21 in the sky.
Wondering about the range since he says efficiency not range. Also, for a presentation like this to an unsophisticated audience you might say invisible to enemy air defense, not struggle to detect. Maybe it was a bad angle, too dark or it will grow on me but from first impressions not iconic looking like the B-2.
Austin: Let's talk about the B-21's stealth.... Even the most sophisticated air defense systems will struggle to detect the B-21 in the sky.
Wondering about the range since he says efficiency not range. Also, for a presentation like this to an unsophisticated audience you might say invisible to enemy air defense, not struggle to detect. Maybe it was a bad angle, too dark or it will grow on me but from first impressions not iconic looking like the B-2.
I noticed that. Seems to mean it can be detected. With difficulty, but still detectable.
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Looks like a huge compromise to stealth to make the intakes that small.
I think it looks kinda wonky from this angle but it will likely take years until we get proper pictures from different angles.
I think this will end up being an evolutionary dead end once variable engines come out. Those will allow an aircraft to be both supersonic and long ranged in the same airframe. But twin engine bomber has potential to be cheap if built in large enough numbers.
I think it looks kinda wonky from this angle but it will likely take years until we get proper pictures from different angles.
I think this will end up being an evolutionary dead end once variable engines come out. Those will allow an aircraft to be both supersonic and long ranged in the same airframe. But twin engine bomber has potential to be cheap if built in large enough numbers.