has long been one of the most advanced weapons in the world. At present, the only country in the world with stealth bombers is the United States. The U.S. Air Force’s B2 stealth bomber has long occupied the supreme throne of the world’s strongest bomber. It can be said that the U.S. Air Force deserves to be ranked first in the world. The B2 stealth bomber It has contributed a lot to an important role. And just recently, news came from the American media on the other side of the ocean, saying that the world's second stealth bomber is about to come out, and the first batch will be mass-produced 100! And this new stealth bomber with far superior performance to the B2 stealth bomber is the next generation of the US Air Force's stealth bomber project: the B21 "Raider" stealth bomber. The
B21 "Raider" stealth bomber project began in June 2004. The U.S. Air Force plans to design and develop a new strategic bomber to replace the very old B52 stratofortress strategic bomber that has been in service for more than half a century. The project plan was handed over to two U.S. defense contractors: Northrop Grumman and Boeing to complete the bidding. Those who come up with the best design plan will win the U.S. Air Force’s order. Any one of the defense contractor companies, bringing in huge profits worth more than US$50 billion.
In the subsequent bidding process, the U.S. Air Force proposed new project indicators, requiring a new generation of strategic bombers with stealth capabilities. In the future service process, it may even replace the B2 stealth bomber that has been in service for many years and become a new generation of the U.S. Air Force. Stealth strategic bomber. According to the new index requirements put forward by the US Air Force, Northrop Grumman's improved design finally defeated the competitor Boeing, and won the sky-high order for the US Air Force's new generation of stealth strategic bombers in one fell swoop.
According to the information disclosed by the US Air Force earlier, the new stealth bomber project named as the B-21 "Raider" is planned to produce 80 to 100 fully equipped US Air Forces around 2020, while replacing the B52 Stratofortress strategic bomber and The B2 stealth strategic bomber has become an absolute mainstay of the U.S. Air Force's new generation of strategic bombers. With the arrival of 2020, Northrop Grumman has basically completed the development of the B21 "Raider" stealth bomber. The latest US media reports point out that the prototype of the B21 "Raider" stealth bomber has been It is very close to the flight test stage, and the final ground assembly and equipment debugging work is underway. If things go well, the B21 "Raider" stealth bomber hopefully will be able to complete its first flight within 2020.
As the B21 "Raider" stealth bomber project is considered top secret by the US Air Force, so far, there has not been any specific performance parameters of the B21 "Raider" stealth bomber prototype. It is widely speculated that the B21 "Raider" stealth bomber will have far superior performance to the B2 stealth bomber, and is better than the B2 stealth bomber in terms of ammunition capacity, range, and radar reflection area. In the middle of 2019, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, General Stephen Safe Wilson, publicly confirmed the speculation of the outside world, saying that the B21 "Raider" stealth bomber project is progressing well and will be able to perform the first flight mission according to the original plan. . With the coming out of the new generation of American stealth bomber B21, our Chinese Air Force’s H-20 stealth bomber also needs to speed up its progress.
