According to the Associated Press, on December 2, local time, after years of secret development, the latest generation of the United States' stealth bomber, B-21 "Strikeman", made its public debut. The question is, will B21 still greatly shock China like when B2 was unveiled?

B21 was unveiled on the day carefully selected by the US military!

According to Associated Press , on December 2 local time, after years of secret development, the latest generation of the United States' stealth bomber B-21 "Strikeman" made its public debut. The problem with

is here. Will B21 still have a great shock to China like when B2 was unveiled?

The answer is of course no!

On November 22, 1988, B2 made its debut

Many friends who think the United States is rounder than the moon in China will refute: You haven’t seen B21 with your own eyes, how do you know that B21 cannot intimidate China?

is very simple, you can know by looking at the cost. Through the cost, you can guess what kind of work B21 can do and whether it can shock China.

According to the data of the US military, the cost of B2 is about US$2.4 billion per aircraft. Although is still the only one in the world (it cannot be said that if China's hits 20, the cost is too high. You must know that the 2.4 billion US dollars 20 years ago is at least equivalent to the current 5 billion US dollars! So even though the wealth is high, the US military only launched 21 B2s.

According to the US military, the cost of B21 is only $900 million, why is it so cheap?

The US military has always only bought expensive ones, and takes the high-end approach . It is said that the ashtray on a plane of the US military can cost $2,000. So why doesn’t B21 create a stealth bomber costing $3 billion based on B2?

B21 Imagination diagram

Two reasons:

First, the US military is short of money and can't pay so much money;

is talking nonsense again! The US military has no money? Haven’t you seen the US military spending exceeding US$800 billion in 2023?

In fact, most of the 800 billion US dollars are for overseas garrisons, and they also pay for participating in the follow-up processing of Afghanistan Iraq and Syrian wars . is really used to improve weapons research and development and procurement of equipment, only 130.1 billion US dollars. In this 130.1 billion US dollars, is used to purchase various military aircraft, as well as to develop B21 and the new generation The cost of fighter jet development is US$56.5 billion . It is mixed with so many projects. It can be imagined that B21's R&D costs are not too much;

According to estimates, the total R&D costs of B21 are US$25.1 billion and the total construction cost is US$64 billion. If purchases 100 aircraft, the actual cost per aircraft is about US$900 million, which is almost a third of that of B2.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Northrop Grumman, which subsequently developed B21, staged a way to raise prices in B2 that year, slowly raised prices. B2, which was claimed to have gradually increased from the $900 million single frame that it claimed to have to be 2.4 billion (the US military reduced from the planned procurement of 132 aircraft to 21 aircraft due to the collapse of , and also raised the cost of single frames);

Second, the development of cutting-edge technology in the US military has slowed down even more; To the point of stagnation, it is impossible for B21 to become a cross-generation product like B2;

said this and poked the lung tube of the United States that is more rounder than China's moon, haha;

You can find the above conclusion by looking at the public information:

The problem of electromagnetic catapult on Ford-class aircraft carrier has not yet been solved ( It’s not that it can’t be used, but every two hundred ejections will cause a failure, which is a big problem in wartime! So Ford aircraft carrier can only run to Mediterranean to scare Putin , but he doesn’t dare to come to the Western Pacific to discuss with my country);

Burke-class missile destroyer did not upgrade further, but instead made a Burke-3 to make up the number of , and its phased array radar is far inferior to China’s 055 Big Drive;

In China, Russia and even our little neighbors created hypersonic missile . The United States is still under test and has failed repeatedly ;

The US military's fifth-generation aircraft F22 and F35 still have many problems that have not been solved ;

, etc., do they show that the development of cutting-edge technology of the US military has slowed down or even stagnated?

Therefore, Brother Jin does not believe that the US military can use a single aircraft that is only one-third of the cost of B2 20 years ago (if the inflation factor is included, it may be only one-sixth of the cost of B2), and create a stealth bomber that completely surpasses B2!

Let's compare B21 and B2.

From the perspective of the figure:

B21 has a length of only 17 meters and a wingspan of no more than 42 meters (the US military has not released official data, it was speculated by netizens based on the length and width of the parking tent built by the US military for B21)

B2 has a length of 21 meters and a wingspan of 52 meters;

B21 is only two-thirds of that of B2.

From the range:

B21's maximum range is 8,000 kilometers, B2's maximum range is 12,000 kilometers (all without refueling data);

From the ammunition load:

B21's maximum ammunition load is 13 tons, B2's maximum ammunition load is 22 tons,

From the Aeroengine :

B21 has only two engines, and B2 has four engines.

Therefore, from the above data, it can be seen that B21 is just a smaller version and a simplified version of B2;

From the perspective of low cost, the research and development of B21 must have borrowed a lot of B2's experience and data to minimize the difficulty and cost, but it is also destined that B21 cannot become a cross-generation variety;

Of course, compared with B2 20 years ago, the current B21 will greatly improve in avionics, and B21 also has the function of carrying a "loyal wingman", which is its major feature!

Since B21 has not surpassed B2, then B21's deterrence to China is certainly not as great as the United States claims. We are not afraid of B2 anymore, are we still afraid of B21?

Judging from the equipment in our country, I have enough confidence to say this!

First of all, my country has the unique anti-stealing ability. Check out the Zhuhai Air Show and you will know that all kinds of anti-stealing radars in my country are already sold products. It can be seen how advanced the anti-stealing radars used in our homes are?

has already formed an airtight anti-stealth radar network on land. In March this year, my country's J-20 launched an attack to suppress the US stealth fighter F35 (it was revealed by the commander of the US Pacific Air Force of the Air Force of the U.S. Army Headquarters. Our army has always done nothing but said nothing), which is to detect the F35 first, and then guide the J-20 to attack through the early warning aircraft ! This directly makes the US military feel the anti-stealing ability of our army;

Secondly, not only does it form an airtight anti-stealing radar network on land, but it also has anti-stealing radar on warships that can attack the ocean;

B21 If you want to cross-oceanic attacks our country, you will inevitably be discovered by Chinese warships patrolling in the Western Pacific. So can we be the first to intercept?

. If the B21 frontier is deployed to the East Asia, Japan and South Korea base, or even the second island chain of core Guam base, wants to use the distance to conduct sneak attacks, every few times, my country's agricultural detection satellite passes over the B21 airport. By the way, scan it, is there any movement in B21?

Of course, we are not intentional about military reconnaissance. Our satellite is used to observe the growth status of crops, but the camera did not pay attention and achieved an accuracy of 0.1 meters, haha.

fourth. If there really is a war between China and the United States that no one wants to see, then the US military’s frontier airports in Japan and South Korea, and even the airports in Guam , are all within the business scope of Dongfeng Express , and B21 does not even have a foothold!

also threatens the yarn!

B21 is just a cheap paper tiger.

What do you think about this?