is now the second stealth bomber in the world. The US B-21 Raider has unveiled the mystery to the world. It is true that the B-21 after its official debut is not as powerful as expected. The cockpit glass also looks strange, but the purchase price of the B-21 Raider is only about $550 million. The US Air Force has planned to purchase at least 100 B-21s.
means that the load capacity is slightly more than 13.6 tons, which can be called the stealth version of Liuye's B-21. It will be mass-produced and deployed in frontiers like Liuye. The United States may even sell B-21 to its allies. Therefore, there is absolutely no reason to think that B-21 is certainly not as good as B-2, but the strategic pressure on China and Russia is far greater than B-2.
is much worse than B-2, it is simply a stealth version of Liuye. However, the cheap B-21 will produce huge amounts like Liuye.
B-2 bomber 's bomb load capacity is only slightly more than 27 tons (B-2 can carry two GBU-57s) is already the worst one among strategic bombers. However, considering that the B-2 has unique stealth bombing capabilities and the 27-ton bomb load capacity also reaches the passing line of the jet strategic bomber, it is reasonable to call B-2 a strategic bomber.
However, the B-21 Raider is 17 meters long, with a maximum take-off weight of 68 to 80 tons, a maximum range of 8,000 kilometers, and a load capacity of slightly more than 13.6 tons. It is powered by two F-135 engines of the same model as F-35. The Tu-22-M3 tactical bomber load capacity is 24 tons, and the H-6K tactical bomber load capacity is 8 tons. The bomb load capacity is not much stronger than the H-6 , isn't it as good as the B-21 of the Tu-22M3 called a strategic bomber?
What's more, strategic bombers are often twice the engines of the tactical bomber in the same era. Mia-4 is 4 rounds, Tu-16 is a double-engine, H-6 is a double-engine, and H-8 strategic bomber is 4 rounds. Picture-160 has 4 rounds, Picture-22 and Picture-22-M3 are dual-engine... Similarly, it can be seen that B-2 has 4 rounds, and B-21 is dual-engine, so B-21 is a tactical bomber. , so the tactical stealth bomber is the most suitable name for the B-21.
As for better stealth materials, open system architecture, and convenient upgrades, there is no advantage at all. If B-2 had not been discontinued, B-2C would have used this series of descriptions long ago. Haven't you seen Xiaolong from BLOCK 1 to BLOCK3, it's just overtaken from quasi-third generation to 4.75 generation. I can only say that Americans are used to stopping production and stopping, and they will blew everywhere if they make some improvements.
However, the hard power of B-21 is not as strong as B-2, which does not mean that B-21 is not fatal. Although B-2 is strong, the total output of B-2 is only 21 aircraft, and the overall architecture is quite old. The premature shutdown has caused the B-2's airline rate to be greatly affected. In addition, the B-2's wingspan is too large, so the B-2 can only be deployed in the United States. When bombing is needed, you can order a group of tankers for You Ye. Therefore, although the threat of B-2 is very great, B-2 rarely threatens China and Russia.
But B-21 is different. Although B-21 is much worse than B-2 in all aspects, B-2 can be hung with B-2, but B-21 can be hung with B-2, which is nothing more than half of B-2's number. However, tactical tasks are far more than strategic tasks. Anti-ship missions and other tasks are typical tactical tasks. In other words, except that B-21 cannot perform intercontinental bombing tasks, B-21 can be executed with other tasks that B-21 can be executed, and is better than B-2.
More importantly, the unit price of B-21 is only about $550 million, and the US Air Force has planned to purchase at least 100 B-21s. The B-21 will make up for the quality shortcomings through quantity, and the threat of one hundred B-21s is far greater than that of 21 B-2s. It should be emphasized that the B-21 also has an optional driving mode and has an unmanned variant. and unmanned B-21 can fully perform suicide tasks including deep bombing. The problem of short range of
B-21 can be completely compensated by cutting-edge deployment. Compared with B-2 that needs to take off from the United States, B-21 that takes off from Pearl Harbor or Guam is more sudden, and the response time reserved for the PLA is shorter. is even difficult to threaten the US mainland due to the limited combat radius of B-21, and the US is still considering exporting B-21 to Australia.
In addition, the B-21 pays great attention to maintainability. The engine is the same F-135 engine as the F-35, and the number of engines is only two, which means that the power system maintenance work of the B-21 may be equivalent to two F-35s. The Raiders also used the new low-cost stealth paint , , so the cost of using B-21 may not even be half of that of B-2.
is smaller than B-2, better than B-2's stealth paint, and the engine ridge is smaller than B-2's, so the stealthiness of B-2 must be much stronger than B-2. Therefore, although the B-21's hard power is not as good as the B-2, it must be admitted that the B-21, which has more production, stronger burst, stronger stealth, more diversified loads, and lower usage costs, can perform a large number of tactical-level tasks, is a difficult opponent.
In fact, after analyzing the B-21, you will find that the B-21 is actually a bit like the H-6, with a dual-engine, take-off weight of 70 tonnes, and its performance and range are not as good as strategic bombers. However, it can carry a large number of strategic weapons, has a lower cost of use, and can perform quite diverse tasks.
China's H-6 gave the US military a headache, so what about the B-21 of the stealth version of H-6? Maybe it's the Chinese Navy and Air Force that needs a headache now. Perhaps this is why the 1945 and Eurasian Times would consider the B-21 to have the ability to penetrate China's anti-intervention/regional denial system and bomb China's deep targets.
