B-21 Raider bomber is all about even more damage dealt (to China)
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- Опубліковано 6 гру 2022
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B-21 Raider is the subject of our latest full feature analysis video! How does it compare to the B-2? Size wise, stealth wise, payload and range wise? And how will it transform USAF strike capabilities?
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Can B21 dive underwater like f35 ?
@@Superpooper-2020 Sure it can 😁😁😁😂
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Could the B21 be the NGAD?
Could the B21 be the NGAD?
Narrower width means they can hide these things in any normal width hanger. Whereas the B2 being so much wider, well it was very obvious as to where they were stored. That alone is an advantage.
On time and under budget is usually a good sign for defense programs. Time will tell, but there anew many signs pointing to the raider being a highly successful aircraft.
Crazy to imagine that these becoming the workhorse in the airforce for bombers. But it's tried and proven, and even underbudget (a word you never hear in the US military)
Remains to be seen if they can keep their promises about the maintenance costs.
The R&D costs are cheap just because all the R&D was spent on the B-2 and other stealth aircraft. Good to capitalize on previous investment. But stealth is top secret. How can we be sure how much it costs.
What a *JOKE* and another complete *WASTE* of tax payers money. Due to recent advances in integrated and tiered air defense systems, any advantageous stealth capability which this weapons platform may have at one time possessed has now been rendered entirely inert. It will only be capable of using stand-off weapons from outside of radar protected areas which basically means even the most “unstealthy” and inexpensive of aircraft would be still be fully capable of performing the same role. Once more, the DoD has succeeded only in fleecing the American tax payer to the benefit of Northrop Grumman and the Military Industrial Complex and its army of *PUPPETS* and *SHILLS* in the White House, Congress and the Senate. $700,000,000/unit. You’ve *GOT* to be fkn *KIDDING* me…
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I've seen a few simulations using what is known about both the B-2 and what available information (not rumors) there is about the B-21 and it's estimated that modern AESA radars can pick up a B-2 about 50 miles away nowadays. The same radar is estimated to not be able to pick up a B-21 until 15 miles away, which is more then close enough to throw gravity bombs as Binkov suggested, as well as guided munitions. It's gonna be a beast for a good long while.
And that's under IDEAL conditions with operators LOOKING for a return that normally would be ignored as clutter or wild life.
@@matthewq4b Or them not being well trained or just getting distracted because of a lack of experience, the real world is chaotic
The shape of the wing and blended body suggests that it will fly at a higher angle of attack than the B-2 (given its high altitude mission profile), this will ensure the hiding of the intakes.
Stealthier, Sleeker edges, larger & digitally advanced weapons bay, advanced sensor fusion, L16 connect, & likely equipped with a Long Range Laser”system. Very Nice!
The real question is: can the B21 fly into apartment buildings just like the Russian SU-34?
It could but let's let russia keep doing that. Lol
Probably not. Our pilots are better trained and focused. Oh, and we also have actual GPS on our aircraft and not a taped on cellphone using Google Maps.
We're not even close. Russia is way better have you seen there new SU-57? If you answered no that's okay they haven't either lmao.
@@michaelpelzek8882 You had me in the first half.
@@zach11241 in your books... 😅😅😅😅😅😅.. do something Saviour of the world.. Russia is eating Ukr@!ne...... Send some soldiers in Ukraine 😅😅😅😅😆😆😆😆😆🇨🇳🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇨🇳🇨🇳🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
Hopefully, the B-21 turns out to be the Virginia class of the bomber world.
It is likely that the B21 will be stationed in Northern Australia at some stage in Australia . There are currently 4 B2 stationed in Australia and they US is building hangers for B52 in the Northern Territory in Australia
Im starting to wonder if b21 might be viable as part of an air dominance package.
Paired with F35, this thing could act like an absolutely terrifying stealthy missile truck.
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Don't forget the bomber could always carry a heavier bomb load with fewer wheels by taking off with minimal fuel and refueling in-air.
This plane looks so dope. The US Airforce has the best stuff.
Even now, the SR-71 looks similarly futuristic.
@@Chuck_Hooks agreed but I think we should look at function more than looks
@@brendenhickman4198 Point being that SR-71s were designed using slide-rules.
Us planes are best submarines that can dive under water
@@JohnDoe-qz3qi Ivan is that you?
What’s hilarious is the B-2 Spirit has been literally top of its class in the world and, yet, the B-21 Raider just bumped even it down by one to two full generations. This Raider is SCARY.
And in 30 to 50 years, the cycle will continue once again, with the Raider's successor bumping it by 5-10 generations, possibly more
And Russia and China still hasn't matched the 30+ year old B-2 yet. Just as the 25+ year old F-22 still dominates the J-20 and Su-57. The gap is huge.
@@xiphoid2011 And it will only get immensely wider from there. Everytime the Russians and the Chinese take an inch, the US takes countless miles
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Rusia/China 20 years from now: finally this new aircraft will match the capabilities of the F-35 while providing some small improvements that will give it the edge required to win the fight
Meanwhile the US already testing their new prototype hypersonic stealth orbital fighter jet with interplanetary capabilities: thats nice, it seems like we need to bump the defense budget even more
@@carso1500 US: Let's just pretend that thing can down a B-21 and develop a counter to it and other futuristic aircraft. Wait, let's make it counter EVERYTHING that have! Raise the Budget's GDP by 5%, bois!
This was the most informative B 21 video. Thanks
I think this and the b2 is the nicest looking planes ever made
And the most alien too. They both look like they came from Science Fiction
I give it about 5mins before the Russian fanboys call it junk and no match for S400…
Fr
as an old soviet cruise missile flies over their head🤣
Of course it’s junk it can’t possibly compare to the S400 which failed to shoot down a handful of drones heading for 2 of the 3 bases that holds the Russian strategic bomber fleet about 300-400 miles behind the front lines of the Ukraine war no it can’t possible beat that
Hahaha. Your so funny s400 is a junk
It's useless when this plane. Goes around
Effective only on su25 or mig 29. Lol🤣🤣
S400 is a junk effective only on s25 or mig 29..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
China has been real quiet ever since this dropped
Maybe that's because its reviewing its intelligence, realizing that basing its national strategy on the US news entertainment stories was a wrong choice?
Don't worry, China can defend itself. No more century of humiliation.
@@jackwhite8770 triggered pinkie
@@HaloJumper7 yeah, a century of self humiliation caused by their own incompetent government. People in China are legit calling Commie Xi to step down because the CCP can't run the country.
LOL 💩🤡💩👌😂🍻
Very good analysis. In truth we know very little, like we're supposed to. My guess it this thing is ridiculously stealthy, possibly having an RCS of .0005 m^2 or even lower. From the highest resolution images I could find released by the USAF, it seems as if the sensors are hidden under the skin of the aircraft. Pretty cool stuff.
And here i was thinking that the sensors would be out and in the open for the enemies to plainly see... 😋
@@DeadmanWonderBands Well if you look at pictures of the B-2 the sensors are clearly visible...
@@BravoCheesecake My brother in Christ, one of these aircraft is nearly or over 40 years old. The other is on the cutting edge of science, technology and isnt even out yet. As an F-35 mechanic I can assure you the sensors are incorporated into the fuselage and flight control surfaces of the B-21...
@@DeadmanWonderBands I don't see how we're in disagreement here lol
Absolutely beautiful piece of human/American engineering..
I’ve met a few b2 pilots, the cross section is also determined on the angle of attack, it would often lean into radar signals making it super hard to locate fully, and often times would make multiple strategic turns to stay within the tightest cross section possible.
Yeah i kinda figured that. My guess was stealth wasn't just shape-geometry, coatings and technology...but also methodical employment and well considered maneuvering.
@@edcox1630 YES! It’s funny to talk to pilots about flight strategy! I never even thought of it myself, but then when I see the b2 flying around my area, if it’s DIRECTLY over you.. of course it is easy to spot, but then seconds later it’s a sliver of paper in the sky.. they say that makes a huge difference! Either way it’s a rad piece of tech! My dad was a crew chief for the spirit of Indiana! We got a lot of cool perks when we were kids! Seeing them fly. Simulators and when he retired we got to go out and sit in his plane and check out the facility and all that!
@Central Intelligence Agency god I know it man! Growing up… on a base in the 90s, lol it was incredible, now as an adult im just… depressed lol.. life was never that good since
Remember that, like but less extreme than the rocket equation, weight/fuel savings have nonlinear effects. Say your engines are 25% more efficient. That doesn't mean you need 80% of the fuel (1/1.25) as you might expect but substantially less than that since if you save 20% of your fuel then you need a smaller vehicle and need to generate less lift meaning you generate less air resistance which in turn means you need less fuel and so on.
Amazing content, great work!
Modern war tactics would play a major role. B-52/B-1R fully loaded with decoy drones launch from a far. Same time Cruisers and Subs would launch cruise missiles as the B21 Raiders penetrate enemy air defenses. Flood and overwhelm air to air defenses. Cause confusion and chaos. As the enemy lights up their SAM radars to defeat the mock decoy drones B21 raiders start dumping anti-radiation weapons. F-35's and F-22 Raptors mop up any enemy aircraft.
Excellent and Outstanding Analysis!!!!
Bang on time, I love binkov analysis
Excellent coverage as usual
Outstanding video !! full of good analisis and conclusions
I bet it has super comfortable reclined seating
the B2 has a latrine behind the pilots' seats. no partition, just a metal bowl directly behind the seats
I like the new thumbnails Binkov 👍🏻💯
The B-21 won't be tasked with carrying high bomb loads. That's the B-52's job. It only needs to carry a small number of high-precision weapons to take out high value command and control sites.
Non-stealthy platforms carrying bombs won't be able to get close enough to their targets in a high-threat environment.
@@skringas lol you seriously think we wouldn't destroy their air defences before hand?
@@skringas B-21 goes in and destroys AA and radar, B-52 goes in and blows the rest of the landscape up.
@@JACKAL747 Yeah, what's weird is all the channels I have seen and even a DCS mission ( Grim Reapers) do not address that the radars not dead would have crews waiting to hear a jet before turning it on. If it did a mission all by itself then we really don't know much about it.
@@skringas yeah, swap out bombs with air launched cruise missiles and you’re golden. Cause that’s currently how B52s are deployed.
An impressive analysis. Warmest compliments. :)
great analysis mate!
When the B-21 is eventually retired, will the crews transition to the B-52?
Mayhaps. Or the B-52 might get a new successor, and the B-21 crews will transition to that instead
The B52 will outlive the 6th, 7th gen aircrafts 😂
@@phillm156 That depends. It has lasted long, but it won't last forever
By then all B-52s will be on loan to space force in Martian theater of war! 😂
@@mikehatten5738 Gotta make them survive the extremely fast speeds of the vacuum of space first. And even so, doubt that the crew can have 6 months' worth of supplies to last the entire journey
It looks like an alien spaceship.
The b21 payload of 30k lbs is a moving figure. You can always load it with 50% fuel, put in more payload and then refuel once straight after reaching altitude, once before mission theater entrance and then after exit and once before landing. Bombs and missiles are heavy, so a MOAB can probably fit. The payload is a problem when the plane is fully loaded with fuel.
One of the best channels on UA-cam
It’s mostly the tech inside it that’s so important.
NGAD system? I am sure.
Yes because the shape is designed by computers there’s very little changes to be made to make its geometry better. Materials will make a big difference to radar stealth, but you can’t even imagine the difference in technology that is packed into that plane, literally, since it’s all classified. The avg persons knowledge of aircraft technology is based off of stuff we made 30 years ago, since anything that’s actually new and interesting is classified, especially in a high tech bomber like this. Computers have become many orders of magnitude more powerful and complex and we have yet to see the full extent of what these new systems can do, even in the F-35.
We probably won’t even know all of the new technology inside the aircraft until it’s almost retired in 40 years, and even then I’m sure there will still be some secrets.
These stealth bomber airframes are getting extremely close to the most efficient design possible so they’ll all look the same. Unless we discover some new type of radar physics or aerodynamics haha which is extremely unlikely.
Love the videos - super insightful and the analysis on the potential size and weight was very impressive.
How about a video on the Bell V-280 Valor and the wider FLRAA procurement program which was just decided also!
The background music at points sounds lifted from The Eurythmics' "Here Comes the Rain Again."
It would've been cool to see an option to dispense some munitions out the back, like an A-5. Maybe air to air missiles, anti radiation missiles, and small diameter bombs. This would avoid the radar signature bloom of opening bomb bay doors in contested airspace.
Munitions the A-5 Vigilante dispensed out its tail, had a tendency to get caught in its wake, and trail behind the plane for some time after their release. It's for that reason the Navy stopped using the A-5 as attack aircraft.
Will a flying wing aircraft have the same problem? A lot of wind tunnel testing, AT MINIMUM, will be required to answer that.
Amen to the A-5. A lot more could have been done with that airframe. North American was getting so much contract award for the Apollo program, that they were mostly shut out of the aircraft business.
Don't worry about the doors. In combat, they snap open and shut very quickly.
@@longtsun8286 Yeah but that's not such a big deal for guided munitions.
The reduced size of the raider also allows for an even smaller RCS, and ability to base more of them. The Raider's flight range is likely unmatched, perhaps using twin GE adaptive cycle engines.
Very good synopsis .
A variably geometry exhaust would be cool. Something nice and open for cruising efficiency, and then pinched off to slits for IR signature improvement in contested airspace.
Smaller exhaust means more concentrated heat, and thereby a hotter heat signature. You want to mix in as much cool outside air as possible, and make it as diffuse as possible coming out the back.
I'm looking forward to seeing the variety of subclasses that come out of the B21 Raider. We know they're going to use it for Electronic Surveillance, so does that mean we'll see some given wider/thicker body sections to take the sideways looking radar and ECM equipment?
Then there is the remote version which may have no windows.
And we may also see a simpler bomb truck version with an expanded bomb bay.
There might also be a variant that will be purely air-to-air, possibly as a derivative of the NGAD program
Nice! Now let's transition this into the _Longsword_ from Halo!
For all of those who cry this project is to costly: Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.
And peace means safe investment and trade which means a lot more money for everyone
Even if people were able to get everything that they wanted from what this world has to offer, people would still seek and go to conflict. Although it’s not a binary situation, a bigger stick definitely is a bigger and better deterrent than economic freedom… but both should be goals.
@@adamcel6 Germany thought they could buy peace with Ruzzia with trade...and that was a now verifiably false theory promoted by effete intellectuals. Commercial Peace Theory is international relations for dullards. Now, Germany has to deindustrialize for its mistake, and all of the Western shills for neoliberalism should be shunned from serious discourse - particularly Merkel.
And yet, will still be flying B-52’s till at least 24th.
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@@maxrite8280 I think more like 2040+ I think the B-1 is getting replaced vs the B52
It's a bomb dump truck. Simple and durable, but not at all suited for highly contested airspace. Extremely useful once air superiority has been established.
And now? Russia also still has bombers from the 50s in use. Even the development of China's H-6 bomber only began in the late 1950s, and series production even almost 10 years later. What is more important is whether these bombers have been modernized, which is the case for all 3 states. In the future, the B-52 will only be used for standoff missiles in conventional warfare.
That's only just over two weeks from now. Damn they work fast. 😳
"Parts Bin" plane. It is setup to work within established logistics chains.
I'm just glad that my country is the most powerful and will do my part to keep it that way whatever that is. As Americans we must do whatever it takes to keep our secrets. Even if it costs you your life. Be proud to be an American. Because many have worked so hard to get us to where we are. It's really upsetting when I hear that our classified information has gotten to other governments.
Well said!
You best video on The B21 on youtube (for now maybe) :)
Itd be cool to see it next to the B-2, XB-35, and YB-49
The shape of the rear has to do with high altitude vs low altitude penetration… the original B-2 was designed as a high altitude bomber and had an identical rear triangular shape as current B-21… the Air Force would eventually change the the strategic mission profile and Northrop made adjustments to accommodate lower altitudes…
Have a nice day everyone!
Best B-21 video so far. Thanks!
FYI - it will be based in South Dakota. Not Missouri.
The first unit will be based in SD, but as the # grows they will be based elsewhere too. Google the locations if you want
@@andrewj9831
Ah - hadn’t seen the full list yet.
Still. First! 😀
@@michaelvandervorste4123 Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota will be the B-21′s first main operating base, with Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and Dyess Air Force Base in Texas to follow.
It's not the wing span that matters but the motion of the Jetstream. 😎
Huh? The motion of the Jetstream? What if the plane isn't in the Jetstream that doesn't ever move from its place around the globe?
@@brianroberts815 it’s a joke guy
Aww Yiss binkov upload :)
@Binkov , one correction : US Air Force ARRW max speed is not Mach 8 , but rather Mach 20
"Just because technology is improving doesn't mean our humanity is." -John Lovell
(Warrior poet)
The amount of crazy/pseudo science comments is burning my brain
Dude, so many buzzwords just pulled from thin air I'm going to collect them all and use them to write Star Trek fan fiction.
What?
Gotta love having these parked up within nuke range of my house xD
Well..at least you won't feel it. I in Canada might see it
Seriously though that is scary dude lol
Oh I definitely will🤣 not inside like the instant death zone, in Brisbane, Aus
Have you considered a sign that says "This is a Nuke-Free Zone"?
Bigity-Bang Bigity-Boom
And who is going to Nuke it ? Russian that has no functional Ballistic nukes and now is using up their nuke caring cruise missiles as distraction drones.. Or China that has a constitutional no first strike law.
Great informative video man
Binkov you're a legend
this is literally an alien spaceship and you cant convince me otherwise.
Spaceships don't need wings,
3:17 is fairly irrelevant, since it’s very unlikely that the B21 would use a JDAM in a stealth penetration style mission for two reasons:
1: Open weapons bays tend to make stealth aircraft much more observable. Opening the bays within JDAM range of enemy radar would be a risky move even with a normally very low observable aircraft.
2: While the B21 may be stealthy, a JDAM bomb is not. It is also very slow, being only a free fall bomb. It could easily be detected and incepted by radar guided missiles or even gun systems.
A much more likely choice for a penetration style mission would be the AGM-158 stand off missile. It can be launched from over 200 miles from the target (at which point the B21 would probably still be invisible even with an open weapons bay), it is itself low observable and it is reasonably fast as well.
Right. For an enemy with advanced radar capabilities and air defenses, JDAMs simply make no sense. This aircraft is supposed to engage enemies with said capabilities. Otherwise, any other pointy jet can do the job.
@@DonVigaDeFierro You need time to actually lock on target. Munition release happen so fast that you literally don't have time for that. Famous Nighthawk interception in Serbia happen because US pilot was flying literally same road. So they did know where and when it would be. They also risk greatly making three pings.
@@TheRezroah yes the famous I saw a triangle on the radar 😂😂😂
Radar is not the eye of sauron, you won't detect something directly above you unless you point your radar that way (which most radars do not). This all very theoretical and you won't be intercepting multiple bombs if they were heading directly for you + time to impact is very short.
(That's all if you detect the threat, which is unlikely)
@@TheRezro The only reason the repeated route was relevant in the Yugoslavia F-117 shoot down was because of NATO’s suppression of enemy air defenses.
Yugoslavian SAM batteries would only turn their radars on for very short periods to avoid being targeted themselves by NATO anti-radiation missiles. This made them effectively blind to even non-stealth aircraft for the majority of the time. The repeated route of the F-117 simply gave the Yugoslavians a clue as to an opportune time to turn on their radar. They detected and shot down the F-117 from 23km with a 1950s era Soviet SAM system. Had they been operating their radars freely, they might have detected it even sooner.
Thanks!
Let’s face it.. it’s front profile is a ufo .. the White attack bat
First thing I said when the cloth dropped
it can't be a UFO. it's already been given an Identity.
its called B-21
have a nice day
@@deforged lol, smartass.
It's very credible.
I’m curious about service ceiling. If one combines you 140-150 foot wingspan estimate with likely weight (aviation week gives a 225k-260k lbs max takeoff weight based on the main gear tires) you get a wing loading as low as ~52 lbs per square foot. This on a blended wing/ body shape known for efficient lift and a plane fully optimized for high altitude (unlike the B-2). 52 lbs per square foot (much lower as fuel burns off) is getting close to something like the Lockheed U-2 (40 lbs per square foot), a plane that can operate approaching 80k feet in lighter configurations. This makes me wonder if the DOD is going to great lengths to disguise sweep angle and wingspan to hide the fact that this is a 70k service ceiling aircraft when lightly loaded. Not only is 70k feet a much more challenging intercept, but from that altitude hypersonic missiles or LREW AAMs would have considerably more range than if they were launched lower, making the B-21 an even more formidable long range standoff platform. The standoff counter-air capabilities that altitude allows become particularly interesting, especially when point defense lasers enter the picture.
I wonder if that higher ceiling means this could loiter ahead of a naval task force and launch AAMs against incoming ballistic and hypersonic missiles designed to hit aircraft carriers.
Fuel is much less dense than armament. So it can have quite a big volume dedicated to weapon bays.
I really couldn't shake the feeling of the cockpit windows resembles 80s cartoon ghosts' eyes.
We all need to work harder for real peace, by allaying each others fears, and allying with our friends. The B 21 is most effective if its abilities discourage others from aggression.🇺🇸☮💪🎄🕯
Weapons or military strength never discourage anyone for long, just encourages arm race and divisions. True peace is not possible with humanity we to selfish
Nice ideal, if only Russia AND china had the same wish
Looking forward china can work for real peace by having enough thigh tech weapon allowing them to strike hard again and again deep into usa.
What your theory does not work the other way?
Remind me how many countries China did attack since 1980?
China attacked 0 country.
How many countries usa attacked since 1980?
Too many to count.
Who is a danger for world peace?
China or usa?
@@yiping7193 You start, Chicom.
Binkov you're thinking 4th generation capabilities. This plane will be a bomber AND a mothership with UAVs in tow. It will likely have DEW capabilities as well as who knows what sort of thrust system and radar jamming/disabling capacities. Even the munitions it carries will likely be of a completely different size to lethality ratio. This is a completely new level, not a linear progression.
So from my slim research and the known capabilities of the B-21 raiders here’s what I’m fairly positive it is. It is a long range bomber capable of hitting any target pretty much anywhere without needing in air refueling. To further that it can strike multiple targets (nuclear or not) at the same time (remotely or not) while being basically undetected. To take this even a step further from what I’ve read it’s supposed to act as a satellite if communications ever go down as well as one of the first steps to being a command hub in the air, like a carrier command for the jets in the sky allowing it to plan for strikes for other planes as well. I bet the next am ram or missle could use not only what it and the jet can see but using the b-21 onboard ai information to make a more accurate attack
8:21 you have miles and km back to front for Brisbane (well, RAAF Amberley)
More likely RAAF Tindal would be a more likely base, given it's closer and has a longer runway, as well as less civilian traffic in the area.
Video starts at 1:18
seems solid upgrade
i think you're right.
it doesn't appear to be gaseous nor liquid at all
You heard it from Binkov, the Raider has the thiccness
Did you see the new positioning system accurate to 10 cm ( claimed) that is reportedly being developed by Delft/Amsterdam? An alternative positioning system perhaps planning for GPS being attacked with the advantage of data and support for advanced communications. B-21 perhaps finding and herding assets and accurately targeting without GPS
Not sure if you meant MTOE instead of mtow. Military table of organizational equipment but great video as usual 🎉
MTOW is Maximum Take Off Weight
So the plan is this thing will use stealth and jamming to deliver guided bombs, and the b-52 will carry hypersonic missiles?
Sounds pretty good to me
I imagine it can also function as an airborne frontline communication/management node for other assets should military sats become unavailable.
It's easy to focus on one piece but the US has been developing it's future force program for the last 25 years and it's a very high muti integration approach.
The B-21 is one part of it, you have other assets playing their critical roles, this is how Iraq got their shit kicked in twice despite having a formidable army in the 1st Gulf War and learning from it in the 2nd Gulf War
I had no idea there was a B21 base scheduled for Brisbane, Australia. 😄
Not that it wouldn't be welcome, of course, but far more likely if war broke out to be based at one of the following currently bare bases:
RAAF Base Scherger near Weipa, Queensland.
RAAF Base Curtin near Derby, Western Australia.
RAAF Base Learmonth near Exmouth, Western Australia.
At one point, there was a crazy rumor that the Australian government was thinking about offering to purchase a small fleet of B-21s for themselves from the US (meaning in the RAAF). The reasoning would be that it would give them and the overall alliance a more powerful punch if China ever launched a conventional war (very possible due to the South China Sea dispute, Taiwan, etc.). South Korea is actually building an aircraft carrier and stealth fighter jet of their very own, and you don't build that if you're merely worried about a hostile northern neighbour on a land border.
There is a mistake at 8:15. Miles and kilometers are reversed for Brisbane to Shanghai. It should be 4,500 mi / 7,300 km.
The only thing I know about the B-21 is it will eventually be retired, while the B-52 continues service :P
B-52s have until 2070, so they can definitely outlive the B-21. But they might not likely outlive the B-21's successor.
Or unless the B-21's modular nature makes it that it can be improved and upgraded every generation just like the B-52.
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Yeah, it's interesting to think about and hard to say how much the modularity will affect things with the B-21.
Obviously being designed for upgrades extends lifespan, although if you think about it the B-52 wasn't specifically designed with all those upgrades in mind but it made it. Sometimes upgrades weren't part of the original plan but crews had the ingenuity to make them happen, anyway (I'm thinking F-14/LANTIRN integration).
Something that seems to help the B-52 is all the individual parts can be swapped out relatively easily. Newer aircraft have more systems integration which might make that harder - software and even hardware changes might be easier, but it's hard to say how long you can make changes with the same ease. I'd also think there would be airframe lifespan limitations with newer aircraft that were easier to build around with the B-52.
That said, despite my joking comment it seems the B-21 learns a lot from the troubles of previous bomber development and looks like a good plane.
@@f38stingray Yep. I think they're taking the lessons from the B-52 in making the B-21 more managable and easier to handle. Also that its RAM coatings are far more resistant to climate changes, and so does not need a climate-controlled hangar to stay in, as well as not needing new RAM tape every after mission.
And they did say that the B-21 will be modular, so generations of B-21s could exist over its lifetime. I won't be surprised if they decided at some point to increase the size and payload of the B-21, creating a "Super Raider" in the process, much like the Navy did with their Hornets, creating "Super Hornets from them.
Additionally, the B-21, being modular, can also be suited for a number of roles. There may be variants of the B-21 that can be drone motherships, use air-to-air missiles instead, perform surveillance and reconnaissance missions, as well as being a missile truck and shooting long-range cruise missiles. So in short, there's just so many ways that they can make out of the B-21, thanks to its modularity
My wife suggested that I find myself a Binkov hand puppet to parrot the commisar/general on your program while watching, as i get such a kick out of the little guy.
there are other potential uses in bed
@@jolly-rancher you criminal!
What we know is.... not a lot. And it will probably stay that way.
It needs to stay that way. Letting the chinese and iranians get tons of free open source information is not a good strategy
Is mayonnaise an instrument
yes. yes it is
Horse radish is not an instrument either.
@@thebrain7441 it isn't?
B-21 Raider 6th Generation Digital Bomber. Perfect Detterance.
Greetings
I have not read any comments so if there are repeats I apologize in advance.
First, the idea that the F-117 stealth , meaning the materials plus shape( facets) would be almost useless, according to someone. The reasons would be the rest of the aircraft and airframe life- wings are attached with 4 bolts, which also tells you that it's light. It hasn't a radar, for emitting reasons. Instead of going through more of that I will just say that coating variations are possible, and if they wanted they could replace alot of the plane with a composite stuffed like a cannoli with radar trapping materials, and the facets are also there for a reason. So the plane might be operations useless but largely because of age and not having, say, graphine tubes filled with Fe50 and all the way through where possible. Yes I am partial to it, also because the very first fielded planes *had* to work, and they did a job nobody but family expected.
Australia REALLY want some. You used Brisbane for operational reasons otherwise bots want them to have some
Last is that invariably people describe missions without attrited radar and sensors. Even a sneak first strike would have t.o.t. stealth missiles blinding as much as possible an adversary. Small bomb bay? Maybe it really is mother and arrives with a thousand small smart stealth warheads, pinpoint delivered because of mom. The last two bits were speculation.
Thanks!
Just don’t cancel it before the full order can be delivered.
Blinkov, the graphic comparing Brisbane to Missouri is messed up. 4,500 km is not 7,300 miles.
Raider may be the epitome of the flying wing design, the final optimized form for a flying aircraft of this kind. We may not see significant improvements on this by any country for many decades.
Give or take 30 to 50 years. Eventually, the B-21 will be like the B-2 or even worse compared to its successor
The B21 should be the Alt Mode for Soundwave
They seem to aim to replace all their combat aircraft with stealth aircraft. First the F-35s and now a massive fleet of raiders. Smart though because making the raider relatively cheap and easy to use puts it way above the B-2.
Well there bring back the f15 with the f15ex version probably because cheaper and easier to maintain and once f22 gain air superiority the f15ex can maintain it
The following comments show which USAF planes are the most important.
KC-135, KC-10, KC-46. 🇺🇸
The New Atlas has a good review of this.
B-2 was designed to enter the soviet union and seek out road mobile ICBMs and in a pinch fly directly over hardened targets and drop bombs.
The B-21 was designed do that cheaper and more reliably(substitute SU for Russia,China and Iran)
America has the best air force in the World.
The best 2 Air Forces actually. 2nd place is the US Navy
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 true lol
@@juanfermin8173 Yep
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 yeah. With 11 huge aircraft carrier
China. Had 2. Hahah
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 yeah. America has 11 huge aircraft carrier .
China has only 2. Hahaha
The Americans are getting closer and closer to building a UFO lol
They probably already did, they're just not revealing it as of yet
UFOs are actually Americans from the future visiting our time in their Future tech
@@luchamiomaridekakio6429 I really believe that too.
@chingy260 We all know that lol, i knew there'd be a ''smartass'' comment like this
@@luchamiomaridekakio6429 More believable than aliens.