B-2 Spirit Bomber (1988-89)

[T1MT1M]

B-2 Spirit Bomber (1988-89)

Well i thought it was cool.

[firemonte007]

that was cool and informative....thanx for sharing 8-)

[ShaneG_old]

I remember watching that on the news when they rolled her out!
Oh my, does that make me old? :-/
Great find! 8-)

[-Crossfire-]

I like how they said only around $500 million a piece.  I think they underestimated that one.  ;D

[Mushroom_Farmer]

I liked that when they first rolled out the B-2 Jack Northrop was there, with tears in his eyes. Northrop's first flying wing was built in 1929 and was very advanced in its construction. The man certainly had vision.

[Steve M]

[quote]I like how they said only around $500 million a piece.

[Mushroom_Farmer]

Can you really put a price tag on security and freedom?

[ShaneG_old]

around $11 billion a month.

[BigTruck]

Can you really put a price tag on security and freedom?

My thoughts exactly.

I can't believe Congress had so many issues with allowing funding for such a successful bird.  I know back then they didnt know how terrific it would be, it's just funny to look back like this and see how many qualms they had with it, and look at it now, a HUGE part of our success in past conflicts.

[Slotback]

If the B-2 programme wasn't cut and butchered apart, then the B-2 would of probably cost 500 million dollars a peice - which isn't that bad because including programme cost for the F-22 works out over 350 million dollars each... however, the F-22 was too, cut and butchered.