This is Why the B-2 Spirit was Never Caught in 30 Years
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2024
- Since its introduction in 1997, the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has flown countless missions all around the world and has never been engaged or shot down. Watch the video to find out about the insane engineering that made this possible and how one of the biggest screw ups of the Soviet Union lead to this incredible aircraft design.
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The most powerful stealth bomber in service is like telling your only child they are your favorite
There is the B-21
@@reed510hasn’t entered service yet
It's safe to say some children will probably never be publicly acknowledged.
@@xodiaqOr has it... you just haven't seen it? 🤔
😂😂👍
Great video!
However, I thought the background music was a bit too loud.
Keep up the good work.
Loved the video.. love the B-2. Can't wait to see the B-21 Raider go into full service!
Just keep at it man, your stuffs too good to go unnoticed
Thanks, will do!
@@Insane.Engineering increase your volume a little. It was a little quiet
well done! good, informative and with nice rhythm. keep up good work!
The music makes it difficult to understand the narrator.
New sub, this channel is going to blow up if you continue with this quality 100%
Edit: He had 336 subs when I made this comment
Well I guess you are right 🗿
nope, the problem is not flat surfaces or spherical surfaces. The problem is surfaces at 90 degrees to each other, because the double reflection reflects the biggest fraction of light (radio) back to the source. Look up how reflectors work, or Fresnel reflectance.
Op knows, but thats true a sphere is bad on all directions as stated. Your exemple (2 surfaces at 90°) would be ok from the back to +45° in two directions so just fly in reverse and you're better off than a sphere.
@@martin309 a good way to see why a sphere is not really too bad is thinking of it as a mirror. If you look at yourself in a mirror that's shaped like a sphere (like a small metallic ball, or a ball bearing), you will notice that your reflection looks very tiny. It would be the same with radar. Spheres actually scatter incoming light across all directions, which is exactly what you want to do for stealth. The reason two 90 degrees surfaces are bad, is because they weill back-scatter from any direction you look at it. The first surface reflects on the second, and 90 deg + 90 deg make 180, so light comes back to where it came from, no matter the angle.
@@technik27 hey, not gonna lie at first I thought exactly like you. With radar absorbant materials your waves goes through not only the first and second face but back to the first so albeit a sphere would be smaller on radar, wave would be reduced one time only and on all directions.
As you do when you go through radar's field.
To prove my point a worse case radar return would be a surface flat face at the radar at all times, which is what a sphere does if you think about it...
But a sphere only has an infinitesimal area pointed in the radar's direction at any time, so the backscatter is really small. A 90 deg reflector, on the other hand, will reflect a high percentage of radar back to the incoming direction, even when it's not intentionally oriented. This used to increase the radar cross section on aircraft because wings would be mounted at 90 degrees to the body and act like reflectors. And the engine intakes of old jets had a similar issue. Until people started understanding Fresnel better and avoiding 90 deg angles. I'm not making this up, this is just how the math works out.
Actually it’s not invisible to radar, and in fact the older WWII era lower frequency radar can detect any and all stealth aircraft, including the B2. What it IS stealthy to is the higher frequency tracking and targeting radar that is used to guide missiles to a target. So in reality you CAN see it and know it’s in the area, but it’s incredibly difficult to accurately target and shoot down due to the fact that you can’t use the older radar to accurately guide missiles to a target. It’s also visible to phased array radars where you have two or more radars linked together with multiple receivers. However, its again hard to target. Much of this was addressed, supposedly in the newer B21 Raider which was launched last year and is more stealthy than the B2.
How many people are still believing the low frequency myth from the Kosovo war… no, low frequency cannot detect stealth planes. It just messes up your radar.
Jedan je vidjen i oboren iznad Srbije.
why cant u use older low frequency radar to guide missles? and how did the B21 get around that flaw?
@@CoochSmooch Because of the wavelength of the signal is too large to accurately plot the plane’s position over time in order to guide a missile to hit it. As for how the B21 solves some of those issues… I said ‘supposedly’ because I don’t know for sure. I’m pretty sure it was part of the design, but since it’s classified, I have really have no idea if they succeeded or not, or exactly what they did to solve those issues. Over time as the B21 is used in real world missions, we will discover if the engineers at Lockheed were successful or not, and possibly learn how and what they did. But right now, there isn’t much publicly available information since the plane is still relatively new and very classified.
@@BrentLeVasseur B21 is a Northrop plane. And you have it backwards. B2 is hidden from long range, low frequency radar.
Facts and footage with neutral narration. This is the recipe for an empirical documentary. Subbed and liked.
I subbed. The overview of the Stealth Technology combined with the "Doom Eternal" style music is top tier!!!
Thanks!
The most undetectable aircraft including highly advanced avionics and stealth technology for its time and it eventually got hit and the United States was just like…”yeah, go ahead and keep it…it’s eons ahead of your tech but I guess we’ll throw you a bone and let you waste your time reverse engineering it”. “That’s 1970’s tech and an you all are still trying to figure out the doorknob, we have a few new things that will blow your mind, so keep it…merry Christmas”. Even the SR-71 was Kelly Johnson’s creation and he started on that project in the 60’s.
That was an F-117, not a B-2.
You tried though!
Great video! Subbed
keep making quality educational videos. i see potential.
The F117 nighthawk was NOT a bomber. The F stands for fighter, the B in B2 or B21 stands for bomber
Correct in its classification, except it’s not actually a fighter. No air to air missiles, no guns. In practicality it was just a small bomber.
@@brandonadams7837 fair enough
@@brandonadams7837 I agree but I would have said that its Military Unified Designation System (the "F") was for Fighter, but the aircraft was indeed an attack aircraft, and should have been designated "A-117". A in the system is attack. Now had the designated it F/A such as is the case with the F/A 18, that would have worked. The F-105 was another case where the aircraft carried the "Fighter" designation, but was mostly built as an attack aircraft, though it did have more gun kills during Vietnam than the "Last Gunfighter" F8. The 105 had about 25 gun kills, and the F8 only had one pure gun kill, with a couple of more being planes that were finished off with guns after being hit with sidewinders. Interestingly, the F/A 18 and F/A-18 and FA-18E/F arereally the only US aircraft I know that had the F/A designation. The F-125 should likewise be redesignated as F/A-35 but the Air Force does not like the term "Attack" and prefers the more scary "Fighter" designation, though it is unlikely that a US F-35 will ever shoot down a Russian or Chinese Air Force plane. Even the F-22 has never shot down anything but a balloon. Wow.
@@shenmisheshou7002i mean yeah, but for how much smarter the USAF is than everyone else (in their opinion), they have the most fucked implementation of universal designation. Constantly reused designations, nonsequential numbering, purposefully designating certain aircraft with incorrect mission types (looking at you U-2), and lets never forget the B-21 raider was designated as such because _"The designation B-21 recognizes the Raider as the first bomber of the 21st century."_
Seriously though, here is a quick sampling of high profile bomber aircraft designations from the air force alongside service life
B-2 Condor : 1929-1934
B-3 : 1929-1940
B-17 : 1935-1959
B-24 : 1939-1968
B-25 : 1940-1979
B-26 : 1940-1946
B-29 : 1942-1960
B-32 : 1942-1945
B-47 : 1947-1977
B-50 : 1947-1965
B-52 : 1952-2050
B-58 : 1956-1970
B-1 : 1974-"mid 2020s"
B-2 : 1989-"mid 2020s"
B-21 : "mid 2020s"-?
Hey mate you’re making great videos. One issue is your voice over audio!
You need to 2x the gain on your microphone or adjust track loudness for your voice. Remember the people who aren’t using a phone or headphones.
Your story, timeline, narrative and concept is great and I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Thank you!
Thank you for your feedback! Someone else has already pointed out the same thing. In the video after the next one the sound volume will be lower.
this channel is insanley underrated, idk you only have 42 subscribers, this video mustve been hard to make aswell.
Thanks! It exists only since about a month ago, that‘s why. I hope it starts growing soon! Like, share and subscribe… 😉
Great stuff!
Thanks!
2:55 what a great accomplishment to be ahead of your time 🙏🏾✊🏾💯
Stealth aircraft CAN be detected by radar, they're just detected much later i.e. instead of being detected at 300km its only detected at 30km.
It's also hard to achieve a lock by SAM systems and identity the type, which in turn means the kill chain is interrupted and the aircraft cannot be fired upon by missiles.
Firing active seeker missiles into the general area and expecting the missile's radar to detect it will again be met by the same problems.
I don't live close to any Air Force bases. We did have a great air show until they got greedy. I watched an F-14 display, an F-117 and B-2 Spirit flyover. I also spotted a NASA SR-71 surveying the Great Lakes, way back. Hard to believe the B-2 Spirit has a radar cross section of a marble, when you are standing under one flying overhead. The new B-21 Raider is much smaller than a marble. The B-21 went into production within a week of its first test flight.
The B2 greets targets by saying "LO" and then dropping its payload.
What a wonderful design. ❤ from Sweden.
i feel bad you dont have more subs. Great content
Thanks! It‘s a very new channel and I‘m still learning to make better videos… I‘m sure more people will subscribe soon 😊
Your channel is very promising. Good luck.
Thank you so much!
New sub here, #keepitgoing.
Thanks!
Great channel
I remember I was at a ND vs Air Force game and they flew this as the fly over pregame. Couldn’t see it til it was right over us. Couldn’t imagine that being ur last sight before getting bombed to pixie dust
A channel named insane engineering?
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This thing is crazy and it's been around since the 90's! Imagine the insane engineering and technology of the B-21!
Afghanistan and sirya don't have any advanced radar systems, Right now Russia and china have the capability to detect it😊
@@King-ui8gzyou’re clueless
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It would be great if you could do a show on Burt Rutan's Long EZ airplane.
Great video. Can you given the name of the referencces shown in the video?
Please could you do a documentary on three gorges dam. Also something else of interest might be evolution of rockets and the space shuttle.
Thanks for the idea! It will take a while to make these videos, so please be patient.
Great Bomber
Imagine what they really have if we are allowed to see this 😮
Was it ever tested by air defenses? Seems like we would eradicate the defenses with missiles, then sent in a b2 so we could tell the press.
B-21 Raider has entered the chat……
Nice job with the information and animation. Just one small problem, you're speaking a bit too slowly, maybe an increase of 25-50% in the speed is more desirable.
From 1984 to 1992, I grew up in the Mojave desert around Edwards Air Force Base. My biological father worked there and at Groom Lake aka Area 51.
Growing up in the Above Top Secret Government black projects was a great life.
It's nice to see how people of today think these old ass aircraft are interesting. Imagine growing up and knowing about these aircraft before the public ever knew.
its never met the s400 triumph yet...
“WE ARE NOT A WASTE IF MONEY” US Government
Is stealth aircraft carrier
Seems like this information is classified.
The B2 is absolutely detectable but most jihadist don't have the money for an S band radar. Thousands of missions is not the same as thousands of combat missions. It has only been used in about 60 combat missions and all against third world opponents.
They've never fought anyone worthwhile thats why.
Stealth is not forever
Old host was so bad😂
F117 was shot down in 1999.🧐🧐😎
Yes but only because they got extremely lucky due to poor mission planning by the usaf
@@cruisinguy6024 also extremely lucky as the radar waves were only able to get reflected back at the radar because the bomb bay doors were open
You should probably ask turkey how the f 35 isn't stealth since they use the Russian S-400 anyi air system and they could see and track it over the black seas, which is why this "fighter" will never be deployed east against Russia.
Thats a fucking LIE
@Coinz8 that is actually really easy to search on the internet.
Get rid of the annoying "music " which is too loud and makes it difficult to hear your voice. Otherwise very good.
Will do in upcoming videos. Thanks for the feedback!
I agree, actually, it's just a little loud
Must be your speakers, sounds fine on my headphones
No stealth aircraft is invisible to radar just really "dim", like a cb radio radio radars have a "squelch" feature to minimize the amount of stuff the operator has to deal with, most US stealth aircraft have such a low radar return the typical radar settings of opponents will just ignore them
Stealth is not forever
Sir, the United States has no peer in terms of air power
Air Force didn't exist in 1943. it was the US Army then
One thing is to be detected and another tracked and successfully engaged. If you claim the B2 has NEVER being detected, you are seriously
misguiding your audience. With all due respect.
Why, when you mention the Soviet Union, you talk about the "Russian" territory. Unfortunately, there were 15 countries, 15 republics in that "union". Therefore, in the future, I would like to see a more precise definition in your videos.
Lmfao how does it work????
because it never flew over the skies it was designed and supposed to fly, it was busy in the middleast region.. can it survive over chinese or russian skies
I tell you, just like the F-117, it will carry out successful missions and survive the first few weeks, and when the first one is suddenly downed, the US government will prepare its retirement
Wrong@@TrusePkay
electrogravitics
Its nuclear, not nucular. There is only one u in nuclear.
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Radar detection is not how aircraft are detected any longer. There are classified satellites that detect anything with a radiation signature such as infrared, radio wave emission, unnatural atmospheric friction etc…
This is incorrect.
Sure… and everyone knows that developing, launching, and operating a fleet of such satellites is easy and cheap, right? 🙄
Why do u keep telling your adversaries everything about u
"Radar Waves"? WTAF!
p.s The bots are out n force n your comment section hahahaa!
It’s only stealthy against 3rd world countries
Never been engaged or shot down? How many times did this plane fly against a peer adversary? Dropping bombs in Afghanistan and Syria where air superiority is achieved against a non peer enemy is nothing to write home about but hey, you do you.
I honestly dont think there is anything as a peer adversary for the US military
Sure russia and china may claim to be but there is a huge difference between propaganda and actual capabilities
So… after a well researched and produced video explaining stealth technology that’s understandable to a broad audience, THAT’S your focus? 🙄
😂
Good point
You don't think the Russians helped out Syria and sent their best air defense radars and systems since they know the B2 was in the air and they wanted first hand knowledge?
Not the ai generated thumbnail 💀
It's mission success ratio is only 27%. It can't fly in rain under any thunderstorms. Such an overrated & expensive junk of piece of military avaition.
Because it was never used against a peer adversary. Bombing goat farmers without an IADS is hardly testing its stealth capabilities.
Awful video.
Beeeeecause there's less of them than there are SU57's, and because they where so incredibly expensive to operate, they didn't see much service. Plus they never actually engaged a true peer threat...
Just sayin'...
A “pear” threat? I don’t think the B-2 was designed to counter attacks by fruit. 🙄
@@Primus54 What?
@@josephforrest3713 Fast edit.
@@Primus54 :p
I flew the stealth bomber in several top secret incursions into the USSR during the Cold War in the 1970’s yes we had it then that’s why it’s called top secret was fun times also I am a very successful ocean front property in Antarctica real estate agent if interested look me uo
I'll take three.
Why was it never caught? What a silly title. The US never fights a capable force, it has never once gone up against a country with long range attack, or large layered integrated air defence. In short the US has never fought anyone. To say that goat herders could not shoot down a B-2 doesnt mean much..
So you are saying that we never tested the B-2 against our own IAD and other ranges like the one at Red Flag? In radar testing, radar contact is just as good as a missile contact. So from that perspective, the B-2 gone against the best.
Because it has always been used against unarmed and weak militaries like syria iraq iran (at one time weak country) so it was never caught. 😂😂😂😂😂
lol what? Iraq had the most defended air space in the world before the US came along and had a massive army