...A flying "Ferrari" or not...! B2 Spirit Stealth Bomber...!

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
A flying sophisticated "problem"...! A flying "Ferrari" or not really...!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit
http://article.wn.com/view/2013/03/28/US_Stealth_Bombers_Fly_Over_Korea/


[[["...
General characteristics
    Crew: 2: pilot and commander (co-pilot)
    Length: 69 ft (21.0 m)
    Wingspan: 172 ft (52.4 m)
    Height: 17 ft (5.18 m)
    Wing area: 5,140 ft² (478 m²)
    Empty weight: 158,000 lb (71,700 kg)
    Loaded weight: 336,500 lb (152,200 kg)
    Max. takeoff weight: 376,000 lb (170,600 kg)
    Powerplant: 4 × General Electric F118-GE-100 non-afterburning turbofans, 17,300 lbf (77 kN) each
    Fuel Capacity: 167,000 pounds (75,750 kg)

Performance
    Maximum speed: Mach 0.95 (550 knots, 630 mph, 1,010 km/h) at 40,000 ft altitude / Mach 0.95 at sea level[120]
    Cruise speed: Mach 0.85[56] (487 knots, 560 mph, 900 km/h) at 40,000 ft altitude
    Range: 6,000 nmi (11,100 km (6,900 mi))
    Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,200 m)
    Wing loading: 67.3 lb/ft² (329 kg/m²)
    Thrust/weight: 0.205

Armament
    2 internal bays for 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of ordnance and payload[56]
    80× 500 lb class bombs (Mk-82) mounted on Bomb Rack Assembly (BRA)
    36× 750 lb CBU class bombs on BRA
    16× 2000 lb class weapons (Mk-84, JDAM-84, JDAM-109) mounted on Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA)
    16× B61 or B83 nuclear weapons on RLA
.."]]]
[[["...
In its consideration of the fiscal year 1990 defense budget, the House Armed Services Committee trimmed $800 million from the B-2 research and development budget, while at the same time staving off a motion to end the project. Opposition in committee and in Congress was mostly broad and bipartisan, with Congressmen Ron Dellums (D-CA), John Kasich (R-OH), and John G. Rowland (R-CT) authorizing the motion to end the project, others in the Senate, such as Jim Exon (D-NE) and John McCain (R-AZ), also opposing the project.[35]

The escalating cost of the B-2 program and evidence of flaws in the aircraft's ability to elude detection by radar,[35] were among factors that drove opposition to continue the program. At the peak production period specified in 1989, the schedule called for spending US$7 billion to $8 billion per year in 1989 dollars, something Committee Chair Les Aspin (D-WI) said "won't fly financially."[36] In 1990, the Department of Defense accused Northrop of using faulty components in the flight control system; the threat posed by bird ingestion potentially damaging engine fan blades also required redesigning.[37]
..."]]]

__________________________________


...the more sophisticated you make things, more things can go wrong...!


...with a low or lower or very low horizontal radar imprint image, it sure has a viewable vertical size and satellite detection...!

...very easy to counter with anti-aircraft canons...!

...the service ceiling is not anything extraordinary! the Russians "landed" a U2 flying much higher than 50,000 feet...!
.
.
.