Yes, You Paid For It. No You Can’t Fly it.

14 Comments on Yes, You Paid For It. No You Can’t Fly it.

1. Looks like the UFO they got stored at AREA 51.

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2. 700 mil? Did 10 percent go to Biden?

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3. $70 billion for 100 planes. Brilliant. Northrop must have one helluva sales team.

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4. Nice to know we’re paying for China’s planes…

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5. It’s remarkable that John K. Northrop’s concept that an aircraft could be made where its entire structure produced lift, without fuselage, empennage, engine nacelles, or separate elevator and rudder, and still be stable and controllable, and, critically, extremely efficient aerodynamically, has been taken in two astoundingly different directions.

   Here we have the B-21 Raider, at more than $700,000,000 each. At the other end of the spectrum: the hang glider. They’re available at hobbyist level prices. And unlike the B-21, you can fly one yourself.

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6. It’s remarkable that John K. Northrop’s concept that an aircraft could be made where its entire structure produced lift, without fuselage, empennage, engine nacelles, or separate elevator and rudder, and still be stable and controllable, and, critically, extremely efficient aerodynamically, has been taken in two astoundingly different directions.

   Here we have the B-21 Raider, at more than $700,000,000 each. At the other end of the spectrum: the hang glider. They’re available at hobbyist level prices. And unlike the B-21, you can fly one yourself.

   https://a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2018/11/27/896/500/694940094001_5972178060001_5972181358001-vs.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

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7. It looks like a peregrine falcon in a dive.

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8. Give democrats another 4 years and $700m won’t even buy toilet paper.

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9. I designed that.
   In fact, the whole concept of stealth bombing was mine.

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10. Does it drop $700 mil stealth bombs?

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11. You might not see it with most defense radars, but I guarantee you can with infrared lasers.

    So, another subsonic bomber that delivers what? Nuclear cruise missiles? We stopped making those. Guided, dropped, nuclear munitions? Dumb. Regular nuclear bombs? I think we have those in inventory but they won’t last forever. Hypersonic missiles? You don’t need a $700 Million platform to deliver those (if you have them).

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12. It’s replacing the B2 which was running 900M each. Not too bad relatively speaking. Those are really handy for rapidly getting and holding air superiority. Just ask Saddam.

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13. It may carry a yOp secret democratic party propaganda release in 27 languages!

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14. There’s a thougt… Hypersonic missiles to drop democRAT leaflets!