{"id":51320,"date":"2025-06-22T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51320"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T12:11:35","slug":"b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber\/","title":{"rendered":"B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a major military escalation, the United States recently deployed its B-2 Spirit stealth bombers on Saturday to carry out precision airstrikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>United States long-range stealth bomber.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It first flew in 1989 and was<\/span><b> delivered to the U.S. Air <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Force starting <\/span><b>in 1993.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are currently <\/span><b>19 in service.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>built and maintained by Northrop Grumman Corporation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. B-2 costs about <\/span><b>$2.1 billion each<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making it the <\/span><b>world\u2019s most expensive military aircraft<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ever built.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known for its<\/span><b> low observability, all-altitude capability,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ability to penetrate the most sophisticated air defenses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to its low-observability engineering, the fighter is <\/span><b>difficult to detect by conventional radar.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>flying-wing design, radar-absorbent materials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and r<\/span><b>educed infrared signature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> result in a radar cross-section of about 0.001 square meters\u2014comparable to that of a small bird.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bomber is flown by a <\/span><b>crew of two, the pilot and the mission commander.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Power <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is provided by <\/span><b>four turbofan engines.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a top speed of 628 miles (1,010 km) per hour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The advanced jet also has several other features, including its capability to <\/span><b>travel up to 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 km) without refueling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and massive arsenal capacity and ability to perform operations freely even at high altitudes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><b>aerial refueling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the B-2 can <\/span><b>reach virtually any target worldwide.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its payload capacity of more than 40,000 pounds (18,144 kg) allows the aircraft to <\/span><b>carry a diverse array of conventional and nuclear weapons.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bomber&#8217;s <\/span><b>internal weapons bays<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are specifically <\/span><b>designed to maintain stealth characteristics <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while <\/span><b>accommodating large ordnance load<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, which could include <\/span><b>two GBU-57A\/B MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a 30,000-pound precision-guided &#8220;bunker buster&#8221; bomb.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>MOP <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">represents the<\/span><b> largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsena<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l, specifically<\/span><b> engineered to defeat <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hardened<\/span><b> underground bunkers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">B-2 bombers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">only plane capable of carrying the MOP.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/b2-stealth-bombers-us-iran-strikes-10080840\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B-2 Spirit is a U.S. long-range stealth bomber with low observability, all-altitude capability &#038; the ability to penetrate advanced air defenses. 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