The Air Force B21 "Raider" (RT: US Air Force names new B-21 stealth bomber ‘Raider’ as tribute to WWII Japan raids)
The first lie comes quick off the presses with this one:
The US Air Force has announced its new long range stealth bomber will be called the B-21 ‘Raider’. The planes are the first new US bombers to be built this century, while the whole project cost in the region of $80 billion.
That number will grow faster than Clinton's billfold and likely in direct proportion to one another.
Compare that cost to the F35 at about $180 million per copy and that overall program cost is astronomically higher than the projection for this B21 fantasy. Even better is what killed the B2 system to start:
The B-21 does look oddly familiar and is very similar to the B-2 Spirit, which was also built by Northrop Grumman. The B-2 Spirit entered the US Air Force in 1997, but only 21 of the bombers were ever built at a “flyaway cost” of $737 million apiece, before the program was canceled in 2000.
The $1.12 trillion project, the US military’s costliest weapons program ever, has been suffering problems with material breaking off into fuel tank cooling lines “was discovered during depot modification of an F-35A and affects a total of 57 aircraft,” Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said on September 16, as cited by Reuters.
Tell me again about militarism, li'l cupcake.
The new stealth bombers will be able to carry the US military’s upgraded B-61 nuclear bomb, while it will also be armed with new generation cruise missiles with a range of up to 3,000 miles (4,800km).
The first lie comes quick off the presses with this one:
The US Air Force has announced its new long range stealth bomber will be called the B-21 ‘Raider’. The planes are the first new US bombers to be built this century, while the whole project cost in the region of $80 billion.
That number will grow faster than Clinton's billfold and likely in direct proportion to one another.
Compare that cost to the F35 at about $180 million per copy and that overall program cost is astronomically higher than the projection for this B21 fantasy. Even better is what killed the B2 system to start:
The B-21 does look oddly familiar and is very similar to the B-2 Spirit, which was also built by Northrop Grumman. The B-2 Spirit entered the US Air Force in 1997, but only 21 of the bombers were ever built at a “flyaway cost” of $737 million apiece, before the program was canceled in 2000.
Swami Silas Takes a Look at the Pentagon Crystal Ball:
Last week, the US Air Force suffered the embarrassment of having to ground 13 of its F-35 fighter jets which had been deemed “ready for combat” due to “improper manufacturing processes.”
The $1.12 trillion project, the US military’s costliest weapons program ever, has been suffering problems with material breaking off into fuel tank cooling lines “was discovered during depot modification of an F-35A and affects a total of 57 aircraft,” Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said on September 16, as cited by Reuters.
Oh, and while you're thinking Democrats would never be so militaristic ... consider the US nuclear stockpile is somewhere around 4800 live nuclear weapons. In the eight years of the Obama administration, not many more than 300 of them have been decommissioned.
Tell me again about militarism, li'l cupcake.
The new stealth bombers will be able to carry the US military’s upgraded B-61 nuclear bomb, while it will also be armed with new generation cruise missiles with a range of up to 3,000 miles (4,800km).
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