I love how you characterized it as the 'most expensive way possible.' That's so U.S.

@SimonBrisbane

Жыл бұрын

That’s military-industrial complex. China just increased their military budget (again). Seems 2 can play that game.

@alexlabs4858

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I mean over 100 $40,000 bombs and several hellfire missiles (~$210,000 each) destroy 2 small desert camps.

@krapfantasy

Жыл бұрын

@@alexlabs4858 sure but for political reasons it had to be done from the air, and I'm sure it was important to ensure that all of the terrorists died.

@davemachoukas6175

Жыл бұрын

Making sure works as advertised. Lol

@All_I_can_say_is_Wow

Жыл бұрын

What an Obummer

When you send a 2 billion dollar plane with 2 million worth of weapons to destroy a $100 tent

@elgoog7830

Жыл бұрын

Or a balloon(s)

@John_Redcorn_

Жыл бұрын

Anything worth doing is worth doing in excess 😎🇺🇸

@jameson1239

Жыл бұрын

The people in the $100 tent can easily do far more in terms of monetary damage

@John_Redcorn_

Жыл бұрын

@@jameson1239 not anymore: theyre dead

@vorda400

Жыл бұрын

@@jameson1239 That action saved Libya, that it is now a beautiful, well-organized country oh wait They had a surplus of bombs that were about to expire and they needed to use them up, we see the same in Ukraine, this "special operation" was perfect for them, billions of weapons that must be replaced with new ones, and it is much better to fire them at the Russians

The thumbnail picture of the B-2 Stealth Bomber taken from that perspective looks almost exactly like a bird of prey gliding through the air currents. Even right down to the nose of the plane, it almost resembles the beak of the bird followed by its girth and wings and then finally trailing off toward the end which also makes it appear like a bird because of the lack of a vertical tail stabilizer. Truly a masterpiece of engineering.

@-AxisA-

Жыл бұрын

There are many photos of B-2s and hawks side by side. It's incredible how similar their builds are. Mother nature is one hell of an engineer.

@alexduke5402

Жыл бұрын

Look up pictures of a flying Purple Martin they are pretty well identical

@peteryeung111

Жыл бұрын

It was inspired and modeled after that

@peteryeung111

Жыл бұрын

The big question is, can it stand up to communist China?

@dreamrestore213

Жыл бұрын

You just figured this out..??

Imagine you've only seen a handful of planes of any kind in your entire life, and you see this thing flying towards you one day.

@forresttm

Жыл бұрын

Aliens.. 👽

@markpowers5051

Жыл бұрын

@@forresttm i doubt they even saw it.

@zaegustfen6085

Жыл бұрын

@@markpowers5051 no one has ever seen aliens

@BrockTheTrainer

Жыл бұрын

@@zaegustfen6085 exactly, 'unidentified flying objects' could just be secret government projects for all we know.

@ryanwyrick6947

Жыл бұрын

Huh? lol.. they are militants Im pretty sure they've seen more planes than you and last time I checked the stealth bomber was designed to never be seen or detected. damn did I really have to do that?

Imagine being in a B-2 Stealth bomber and microwaving some hot pockets😂

@golddie8

Жыл бұрын

While sitting on the toilet.

@SilentKnight43

Жыл бұрын

Jiffy-Pop popcorn.

@jonasbaine3538

Жыл бұрын

Probably some mre type food slowing down digestion and preventing bathroom use

B-2's coming in to land is one of the most surreal experiences to watch in the daylight. Lived next to a KC135 Base and back during the first days of the Iraq war they came for whatever purpose they cast terrifying silhouettes and shadows.

@johnhopkins6260

Жыл бұрын

While the B-52 has become an icon of gloried beauty (second only to Air Force One), borne of the Star Wars generation, the silhouette of the B-2 is to strike fear in the hearts of men.

@zalstryverzzz5019

Жыл бұрын

Don't even bother trying to vs American airpower it is a pointless exercise - America beats the rest - Russia take note :)

@ChairmanMeow1

Жыл бұрын

I saw one in person at the Air Guard base in Bartonville, IL in the early 2000's. Absolutely incredible. It puts the fear of God into you.

@sirrathersplendid4825

Жыл бұрын

@@ChairmanMeow1 - they look a lot like the Shadow’s vessels in Babylon 5. Not quite as spiky perhaps, but blacker than night.

@sirrathersplendid4825

Жыл бұрын

“Operation Odyssey Dawn”? What kind of illiterate invents a name like that? My only guess is that it was computer generated and selected at random to ensure it gave away no clue as to the mission type.

I think part of the reason for sending the B2's was enhanced training. Running training flights, knowing it's just training is one thing but when faced with a real mission with so many aspects of planning and then in the air for such a long time, it becomes a real time experiment to see if it can do what it was designed to do. Not to mention if the crews can carry out such a long mission safely. Just my thought.

@nunyabeeswax9463

Жыл бұрын

It was a low risk mission, using the B2 was an overkill, I have difficulties understanding any Democrats motives even when I agree. It was a show of force and in geopolitical terms , as much as I could never trust Obama's motives, he was correct using B2's . Even Obama knew there are bad players on the world stage. Unlike our current president.

@hewhohasnoidentity4377

Жыл бұрын

The reason for sending the B2's was clear and simple: We could. We train crews to conduct long range missions all the time. The planning between agencies, the routing, fueling, emergency preparedness, tactical decision making, search and rescue plans and many other details are planned and executed year round during peace and war. The flaws in your theory are many, but the glaring one is the risk. We performed that mission in that manner because it was a way to impress the world and because we were 100% confident we could do it. That option would not have been presented to the POTUS if there was any chance of failure. The aircraft could have been prepositioned closer. The mission could have been accomplished with other assets. The mission could have been designed with less challenges. No. The US performed this mission as designed to display the might of the US military. It was a morale boost and a message to the world.

@hewhohasnoidentity4377

Жыл бұрын

The other thing is we train like we fight. If we can do it successfully in training we know we can do it for real. Unfortunately this includes death. Many US military deaths are from training incidents because we really do train in intense conditions.

@TKettle

Жыл бұрын

​@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 ​ Google the word "readiness". A sortie doesn't have to risk failure to present areas for improvement. Enhancing readiness through real world missions, and sending a message to China saying "look, we can immediately coordinate all the logistics for a launch from the other side of the world. You can't do this like we can." Both are equally justifiable. Also your username is cringe.

@sirrathersplendid4825

Жыл бұрын

If you’ve got it, might as well use it. Also there’s proof of concept: don’t know it will work until you try it, and you’re sure to learn things that will come in handy next time, in far more dangerous circumstances.

I live about 40 miles from Whiteman AFB and the B2 is a sight to behold. They have two modes...#1 mode is they come in and you never hear them, even at 2,000 feet altitude until they pull the nose up and apply power, then #2 kicks in and every window in the house rattles until they are out of sight. An amazing plane.

@sixfigureskibum

Жыл бұрын

That's just coming and going When you move faster than sound

@nick.letsgofishing3030

Жыл бұрын

Well, this is news to me, and I worked on this aircraft for over 8 years....

@judd0112

Жыл бұрын

@@sixfigureskibum exactly. When you can’t hear them coming it’s pretty cool. They are not breaking the sound barrier but still out ahead of it somehow. We don’t have many air shows around me. Not for like 25 years. A real one I’m talking about. Not some biplane nonsense

@Iexpedite1

Жыл бұрын

I lived near, and worked with the B2. I never got bored with seeing them. If one came by, you would be looking at it. When they come in, the shrouded engines can’t be heard. After they pass, they make the worst noise.

@alexlocatelli2876

10 ай бұрын

​@@sixfigureskibumIt's a subsonic plane though. 😅

“It’s not about moneyyyy. It’s about sending a message.”

@karighutje4158

Жыл бұрын

A message no on is impressed with except the Pentagon. Russia is not impressed. China, with it's largest army, 5th Gen fighterjets and so on and so on is not impressed. Who will be impressed by the USA actually?

@kentonbenoit9629

Жыл бұрын

🇺🇸 forever ♥️

@nnhk0056

Жыл бұрын

Butthurt Russians in the comments sad their military is weak lol

@kentonbenoit9629

Жыл бұрын

@@nnhk0056 100 years ago the world feared a strong Russia and now they fear a weak and scared Russia….

I hunt around Higgensville, MO. The B2 base is nearby. One frosty morning out deer hunting, I was tucked-in a fenceline, backside of a hill, facing the hill. Suddenly, in-front of me, the B2 crested the hill, so close to the ground, I could see the pilot's glass clearly. I waved. The bomber silently crossed over me. Moments later, a second B2 topped the hill on a direct path toward me. I was stunned. What a show. Glad those bomb doors stayed closed.

@SilentKnight43

Жыл бұрын

Be glad you weren't wavin' a black isis flag.

So far each Dark Skies episodes have delivered two of my favorite things, fascinating aircraft and a riveting story

Spent 30+ years in flight test on the B-2's So glad this jet is on our side. Was privy to some awesome tests, then stories a General told us about some things they did.

@Chuck8541

Жыл бұрын

Story time, sir! Hit us with one, please.

@joeschmo5166

Жыл бұрын

Overfly the Kremlin...tax dollars well spent.

@birdbon3s

Жыл бұрын

Unbelievably cool! What a bird it is. Truly gorgeous

@BrockTheTrainer

Жыл бұрын

Of all the places to spawn in the world, I'm glad I spawned in the best country lol. Thanks for your service!

@Chuck8541

Жыл бұрын

@@BrockTheTrainer haha Never thought of it that way, good point! :))

I would think a good reason to choose the B2's for such a mission would be to test limits that had never been tested in a non-urgent mission and learn so that one could have higher confidence and capability in a similar mission which is critical.

@joeiborowski9763

Жыл бұрын

How is that testing the limits? Spending 120k an hour to fly 3 B2s, that alone is almost 12 million in flight time not counting the millions in ordinace to wipe out a bunch of goat herders in tents with no anti aircraft missiles. Test it on a real enemy with a capable air defense system. A few B 52s based closer with some cluster bombs would had done it for 1/3 the price. Typical government waste. Like using a 150K hellfire missile to take out one fleeing goat herder with an AK 47 in Iraq. Now you know why we spend close to a trillion on defense, gotta keep the profits high for those defense contractors while the nation goes further into unsustainable debt.

@duanebidoux6087

Жыл бұрын

@@joeiborowski9763 Had the planes ever been successfully refueled that many times on such a long mission?

@joeiborowski9763

Жыл бұрын

@@duanebidoux6087 Yes, even longer. The B-2 holds the record for longest air combat mission in history. In 2001, the Spirit of America and five other B-2s were the first to enter Afghan airspace for a record setting 44-hour mission.

Sounds like killing house flies with a flame thrower.

@josephdestaubin7426

Жыл бұрын

In what they say, smoke them if you got them.

Never take a gun to a 3 billion dollar super stealth bomber fight

The B-2 Stealth Bomber is modeled after a the fastest bird in the world, a Peregrine falcon in dive mode. Even the nose of the B-2 bomber looks like a beak.

Sometimes strategic assets based somewhere far away are used to conduct a mission because assets closer to the area of operations have diplomatic, administrative, and or command level complications that prevent their use. Remember USAFRICOM is not the same combatant command as USCENTCOM (Where the closest strategic bombers were based). While EUCOM and AFRICOM have a close relationship, particularly within the Air Component as its a unified command, at that time, EUCOM and AFRICOM did not have any strike assets capable of delivering that many weapons (No bombers). To provide some scale a helpful comparison here is a carrier air wing (All the F-18's aboard the ship) has the same strike capacity as a single strategic bomber, and they tasked 3 for this mission. Another important consideration here is mission planning for 3 bombers being far less complicated then trying to task every single strike asset in the AOR. Lastly cost is worth talking about, and this being the cheaper option. Carrier operations and fighter operations are not cheap between the wear on the asset and fuel usage, and cruise missiles are much more expensive to use. The cost to drop 3 bombers worth of GBU-31s out of a B2 is a bargain next to those alternatives. The final incentive, it was an opportunity to provide strategic messaging and flex capabilities. Oh and they are called squirters because of the primary damage mechanism of a bomb when used against troops in the open is frag. So the term is far more literal when talking about a fleeing adversary after a strike, since they are likely loosing blood at a rapid rate.

@teddy.d174

Жыл бұрын

Excellent comments based on facts, unlike many of the others posted here. Well done, MorRobots…🍻

@jonasbaine3538

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Your videos have such a high producion quality, it is very impressive. Keep up the good work

"30-hour flight. Yo ima make some microwave popcorn and take a shit on my break. Want me to save some for you" -B2 crews probably

As reprehensible as Kadafi was, he at least seemed to be staying away from terrorism since the US retaliatory bombing back in the 1980s. What we have now in Libya seems to be a non-functional state on the edge of being taken over by terrorists. This doesn't seem like an improvement to me.

@lancerevell5979

Жыл бұрын

Kadaffy was a rabid dog who should have been put down decades ago.

I remember getting the call out on the radio to go prep these aircraft. I was still a new airman at the time so i didn't think much of it until i saw the weapons bay loaded with live weapons. Very surreal experience.

@riv5438

Жыл бұрын

I was a preety new Airman, less than a year in on the MUNS side of the house when this went down. This op really opened up my eyes to my career in the Air Force... years later I'm in the pilot pipeline now. How have you done since then?

@ryanelbell1201

Жыл бұрын

I loaded the bombs for this mission. Were you 13th or 393rd? I didn’t realize they would declassify details about this mission so soon after it happened.

@James-in2lt

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanelbell1201 I was LO.

Absolutely the best video and information that you provide to your viewers and many thanks

“We don’t know specs of the b-21 raider, it will be superior in every conceivable way” except half the pay load

@TKettle

Жыл бұрын

Then we'll send 2 instead 🤙

@kehreazerith3016

Жыл бұрын

A smaller b21 with better stealth is more economic in the long term

Great video as always, only add is that Danish F-16s were entrusted with high precision bombing runs. Denmark was also a part of the high command of the Libyan operations as shown on the map.

@mrsmartypants_1

Жыл бұрын

Nice. I did not know that.

Amazing how we replicate nature. The side view looks just like a Falcon.

It seems the governments definition ot "squirter" is a bit different than mine.

Loving this stealth warfare stuff.

The real question here is, how much does a microwave in a B2 cost? Is it the most expensive microwave in the world?

@waynesimpson2074

Жыл бұрын

£50K in a Rivet Joint if that's any comparison. It has to be electronically screened off from the rest of the aircraft's sensitive sensor suite.

@trumptookthevaccine1679

Жыл бұрын

Gotta have those bomber dogs

@John_Redcorn_

Жыл бұрын

Weird they dont use just normal MREs.

@alexduke5402

Жыл бұрын

@@John_Redcorn_ I'm guessing moral. When you're cramped in a bomber for 80+ hours decent food can go a long way. Plus you really don't want mre shits in a confined space. one person would be torture 2 would be enough to send even the strongest man into a delusional state. Where he thinks he's flying the world's largest and most expensive lawn dart

@mwdouglas3794

Жыл бұрын

​@@John_Redcorn_ probably something to do with a fire hazard would be my guess.

“The US called them Squirters”………..a lot of downtime with decent internet access on base, eh?

Sending the B2 to wipe out a handful of terrorists is absolutely overkill, however, the higher-ups clearly believe that sometimes you just have to slap that big ol' dong on the table to make sure your other enemies know what you're capable of.

@HenriFaust

Жыл бұрын

Something tells me they weren't sending that message to ISIS.

@kriztlumburt714

Жыл бұрын

big old dong (for non-believers) 🇺🇸

@kriztlumburt714

Жыл бұрын

😂

@flickingbollocks5542

Жыл бұрын

Performance assessment mission.

@karighutje4158

Жыл бұрын

@@HenriFaust why not?

Hey everyone, I was a part of this mission at Whiteman AFB, we called it Operation Oddysey Lightning. It was disguised as a training op for OPSEC reasons - though the requirements and speed of movement made it obvious it wss not. Tons of munitions and logistics were orchestrated as a show if force behind the B2s capability. They could have used any other platform but the combatant commander decided on a long range strike to see if the B2 was up to the task. I remember watching drone footage after and one person was hiding in a bush but then stood up in horror and hands to the sky as he watched a bomb come straight at him. There were A L O T of munitions to disassemble afterwards as you could imagine we built more than what was needed for obvious reasons.

This is the most informative and clear video of what really happened to take out terrorists in Libya..

This is a lesson in, if you are a sovreign country, don't try to get off the central banking system and start your own. You'll get clintoned.

@thydunk8182

Жыл бұрын

i think thats the most important lesson we can walk away from with here.

Any chance you could make an episode on the two Jets that defected to Malta?

@flickingbollocks5542

Жыл бұрын

Which jets?

@thefrecklepuny

Жыл бұрын

@@flickingbollocks5542 Two Libyan Mirage F-1's.

@flickingbollocks5542

Жыл бұрын

@@thefrecklepuny Thanks

awesome vid guys! Thankyou

Great video. Thanks. Gets me wondering how much "better" the B-21 Raider is in stealth, munitions, and operating performance.

@Afreeusername_

Жыл бұрын

From what I’ve read it seems to be mostly the same specs, just built to be cheaper and optionally manned. Cant say for sure tho, we probably won’t know anything about it for a while

@stuartsiglain3972

Жыл бұрын

The B-21 is a beast. It has a lower profile than the B2. And…….

Overkill?!? Nope, it makes perfect sense IF the Sirte rebels may have crates of US-made Stinger short range antiaircraft missiles which the CIA-supplied to Libya. You know, the one used in 2012 to shootdown a US Chinook in Afghanistan, which traced back to the CIA? Can't think of a better reason to fly multiple stealth bombers thousands of miles for a high-altitude strike on a small rebel camp without any tanks or artillery... UNLESS the US was worried ISIS might get sophisticated shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles.

@naradaian

Жыл бұрын

And just imagine all those sold off by the Ukrainian war effort....shudder

@flappinghippo

Жыл бұрын

Well the stealth bomber route cost more money, so there's that too

@HalSchirmer

Жыл бұрын

@@naradaian Yep! Apparently there has been a problem with US weapons coming in the front door and then being sold out the back door. Example the Ukrainian Antonov AN-12 smuggling 12 tons of weapons to Bangledesh/Pakistan that crashed in Greece in July 2022...

The B-2 strike was definitely not the most expensive way to attack the militant camps. Some people proposed using Tomahawk cruise missiles, so let's compare. By the end of the operation, the bombers dropped 108 precision bombs at a cost of $25,000 each, or $2.7 million. Add to that $12.15 million for operating and maintaining three B-2s for the 30 hour mission. That makes a total of $14.85 million. Tomahawk cruise missiles cost $1.7 million each, so 108 of them cost $183 million, not counting the cost of operating several multi-billion dollar warships in hostile waters. So the "cheaper way" cost about 15 times as much as the "most expensive way", and demonstrated a capability no other nation on Earth could match.

The B-2 is one of my favorite aircraft ever!

Personally I would have used B-52's if were going that road - cheaper to run other than possibly cost of ordnance since it carries almost double what a B2 does. But if it's more about sending a message I guess that kinda works to use B2's instead.

@trumptookthevaccine1679

Жыл бұрын

Some times you gotta let the big dog eat 😊

@lancerevell5979

Жыл бұрын

Good real life training. Good to get some ops in with the new weapon system.

@karighutje4158

Жыл бұрын

Look at this. A B2 that is funded with US Tax money NEEDS to have an active track record when it comes to mission. You won't fund future projects if you can't prove it's relevance when it comes to finished tasks.

Def an oh we fucked moment

Excellent explanation!

0:23 "I've got your backs, guys."🤣

@2511jeremy

Жыл бұрын

Probably with the finger on the trigger

"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message"

9:24 S-2 stealth bombers. Nice. I love S-2s.

@sdericmonty

Жыл бұрын

Way better than those shitty B-2s!

I was camping at the fairgrounds in Sedalia 2012 when several B2's took off with full loads at 4am! The ground shook unbelievably! We saw them come back that afternoon

@dizzyizzie6354

Жыл бұрын

You saw them, knew they where loaded? An saw them return? within lesss time than it takes to fly ( without refueling) to (any) live fire range ( 1 way? ) Let alone any actual real world mission? (16 hrs I think is the min simulated or live ( actually dropping munitions, dosed have to be real HE but inert simulators) range training mission times. So even that seems barley possible, from the middle of the woods? (Where is sedilia?)

The real ironie of a $2 billion dollar stealth bomber? You have to supply your own easky (icebox/ chilly bin for our Kiwi cousins) to keep your food cold before you stick it in the microwave to heat it up 🤔😂. While you're cruising the world to kill some bad guys

@pearl-pf6xz

Жыл бұрын

ESKY

Dont try to create you own gold backed currency or this will happen to you

@scotsbillhicks

Жыл бұрын

Yeah no tin foil for me thankee’ bbbuuutt the FACTS are: Sad proposed paying for Iraqi oil in Euros or any other currency than $ Quaddafi proposed a gold-backed ‘gold dinar’? as a pan-African currency. That is all public domain.

@keithal1478

Жыл бұрын

Few people understood the core truth you spoke about. Iraq was murdered cuz Saddam was trading its oil in Euros, not petro-dollars. Stoopid 'Muricans have clue. Donald JUDAS Trump is an apparatchik of the Deep State. He is a Trojan Horse Traitor.

@timsiemssen1148

Жыл бұрын

"Either join the World Bank, or die" seems to hit the nail on the head.

@jdlives8992

Жыл бұрын

our tax money hard at work to “protect” our tax money.

@chaz__

Жыл бұрын

@@timsiemssen1148 really makes you think about other countries destroyed by the banking mafia for creating economies outside of the control of world central banks…

Wow. 3 B2’s literally opened the doors of hell on those terrorists and Reaper drones there to finish anyone left. That’s hardcore.

"The most expensive way possible." Yeah that pretty much sums up the entire decision making process that led to this strike.

@karighutje4158

Жыл бұрын

The question is, why would a mission with 3 B2's the most expensive way? Like bombing with, let's say, 2 B-52's is really cheap? They are both expensive ways to bomb the enemy. 3 B2's are already built and they have to be used in real life to prove their relevance in future projects. Why developing a successor if you don't use it anyway right?

Around every bomb dropped is an observer. Watching, guiding, and confirming the effects of war.

I have always wondered why the best option was to use these bombers when there probably cruise missies available. It may have taken a lot of cruise but it would still seem to be cheaper. What am I missing?

@kre4ture218

Жыл бұрын

It definitely wasn’t the most cost-effective option, but as stated in the video, it probably was about sending a message to other US adversaries, to the terrorist and I would also say it was somewhat of a live-fire training mission, to evaluate whether a strike from this distance can work while all the parts are moving in the right way

@DOI_ARTS

Жыл бұрын

Because B2 can fly undetected and the countries it has to cross has radars if you wanna send B52s then the surprise would have been blown

@MarkFunderburk

Жыл бұрын

Cruise missiles are extremely expensive, think about it, it is literally an unmanned plane that you throw away.

@markbishop6540

Жыл бұрын

A reason you use this is to go through airspace that would be ckosed off undetected, as well as a real battlefield operational test of thecweapons efficiency.

@dukedub

Жыл бұрын

Probably used these planes for a exercise. Knock the dust off them and the crew.

17 sec after posting I'm watching it. It took 4sec to get the notification. Sometimes I don't get notifications for hours

@menwithven8114

Жыл бұрын

Exact same here lol

@andrewday3206

Жыл бұрын

17 seconds here also This is an excellent channel we all agree

@charlesentrekin140

Жыл бұрын

When they started their narrator was having a hell of a time with names, he has gotten much much better. And that shows me that they are serious about putting out the best videos they can.

Thank you for slowing down your commentary. ❤ You should have at least 2m subscribers.

Image heating up your lunch in the microwave and then dropping bombs a few minutes later lmao

Nato. The gift that keeps on giving.

Title..... another one who doesn't know what random means.

I’m just glad the B-2 has a toilet and a a microwave. It must be fun having microwave popcorn while you’re flying the most expensive airplane on the planet

You could also do UFO incidents. Your unique delivery adds a special something to your presentations. It would make for a great series with easy to access source content worth dozens of hours of fresh channel content. I would hope that you would attempt to do a bit of fresh journalism by calling up sources and adding graphics, etc. That way your not just depending on your style to make it through but actually add original or rarely discussed content.

I'm curious how they were able to keep their mission secret since the B-2 crews were visible to ATC until after their 2nd refuel. Something tells me that ATC: 'Unknown aircraft please squak identify.' B-2 crew: 'Yeah we just felt like taking our billion dollar aircraft loaded with bombs over hostile territory for a quick spin,' likely wouldn't have worked, ha.

@nicktecky55

Жыл бұрын

The crew switch the transponder off, it doesn't identify the type of aircraft when switched on. The facility is for information, ATC don't normally 'handle' military aircraft.

@dodoubleg2356

Жыл бұрын

@nicktecky55 that's what I figured, but even with the transponder off ATC should still get just a blip minus the info. The video said that after their second refill they turned south & ATC lost contact with them, so ATC must've seen something.

@arnoldsherrill2585

Жыл бұрын

You have to realize also more than majority of ATC controllers , working for the FAAare ex-military ATC controllers themselves and would already recognized it as a active mission profile, because they had already trained for that during their time in service, and would recognize it for what it was

@MrBen527

Жыл бұрын

Chicago ATC did recognize them and called them out, not knowing it was a mission. I also heard that the 3rd B2 was 1 of 3 spares and turned RTB once the other 2 birds left the CONUS. The other 2 spare aircraft were loaded in case the primary 2 could not take off for any reason. So, 5 total aircraft were fueled and armed.

Amazing

We may not be the most efficient military in the world but we can definitely touch an enemy anywhere in the world in record time.

0:23 Not exactly good muzzle awareness.

@zbqb84a

Жыл бұрын

Ha!

Then came a second refueling with tankers that flew from Germany. The bombers and turned south, and disappeared from Air Traffic control radar. Whenever I hear about stealth bombers being tracked by civilian radar. I still scratch my head even though we all know they are not completely invisible.

@jolu2469

Жыл бұрын

They have transponders that they can turn on and off. So while stateside or before entering the the combat zone, they have their transponders on, to maintain communications. Then when they need to, everything gets turned off and they go "stealth".

@Idahoguy10157

Жыл бұрын

Transponders? The pilot can turn it off

@renemiller7082

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if is because they are required to turn on radar transponders while in civilian airspace?

@LotusMorning

Жыл бұрын

​@@Idahoguy10157YES they are for use while not flying inn combat zones to avoid air traffic disasters with civilian aircraft. When they are turned off they are invisible to civilian radar and the Air Force then operates as it's own air traffic controllers to avoid civilian aircraft

@LotusMorning

Жыл бұрын

​@@renemiller7082yes, but no. They can turn them off at any point for operation security. The responsibility of avoiding other aircraft becomes Air Force responsibility

This was awesome

Yup. And now Europe is paying the price.

@bbbb98765

Жыл бұрын

Geopolitics isn't really your strong suit is it? Putin was actually down with getting rid of these guys, and helped to do it. The only driver for Putin's invasion of Ukraine is Putin himself

@mightymike2192

Жыл бұрын

@@bbbb98765 I fail to see the need for the rudeness. I wasn't talking about the invasion of Ukraine. I was talking about the fact that Libya prevented a tide of boat people that crossed the mediteranean and then found themselves in a Schengen country with the freedom to spread throughout Europe. As you're obviously such a smarty pants, I'm surprised you couldn't read my mind. I'm a part timer with geopolitics, ans I would suggest that you are too. Or a knob. Take your pick.

You had me at “Squirters”

The reason they used the stealth fighters is simple: training.

You’re telling me a B-2 spirit bomber can have a microwave as a stock option but my 2023 civic can’t?

It’s crazy how we have first person camera angles now. Back in the day we didn’t even have color. Insane real raw footage.

Its part of a strategic message, doesnt matter where you are, the b2 can strike you without warning.

Because a $1 billion dollar stealth airplane, from the other side of the earth, is exactly what you need to kill a bunch of guys with rifles and living in a tents.

@lancerevell5979

Жыл бұрын

Yep, because.... we can! 👍

No worries. Some days I can barely make dinner.

How did you get .gif to load so many frames ...??

The title makes me think of that meme where the guy is flying an a10 warthog drops a bomb on a single soldier in some game lol.

That double tap is crazy with the drone

What is the smallest aircraft could be? Would it be proportional to the fuel type? I would imagine the bombs could be near microscopic and if projected at high enough velocity they could still effectively disable personnel and resources.

@Dan-lg2by

Жыл бұрын

What are u even talking about most likely using 500 ,1000 and 2000pound jdams

wow,, goosebumps!

There's something of a funny banality of the most advanced and expensive bomber, including a microwave to heat up some canned soup.

$2.1B for each B-2. When we first began B-2 procurement, the quoted cost was $550M...

Obama with a variation on Colin Powell's "Pottery Barn Rule": You break it, you bomb it.

@0:23 guy in the back: let me just point my gun at everyone on my team. what could go wrong?

Nothing like flying two billion dollars worth of stealth technology while heating yourself up a little Orville Redenbacher popcorn for the main event!

I’m curious which microwave did they install in bomber 😂

@christopherrobinson7541

Жыл бұрын

Panasonic with the combination cooking options, just $0.1B, give or take a few million.

Notice how much a side view of the B2 looks a diving falcon?

Somewhat unrelated, but I'm wondering if B-21s might act as missile trucks to work in conjunction with F-35s. I'm pretty sure that B-21s would be capable of hauling a lot of AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles and with F-35s calling out air-to-air targets, the Raiders would be able to launch multiple AMRAAM missiles simultaneously at just as many targets, not using any of plane's own sensors.

@chaz__

Жыл бұрын

Even better, the aim-260. No need to do any retrofitting on a bomber.

@anthony7697

Жыл бұрын

Incredibly unlikely as much like the B-2 they are likely going to be purpose built bombers - hence the B designation. If they were going to have that kind of ability the likely would have been classified as A-21 (as more often Attack aircraft, like the A-10 or A-7 can have some air-air capability) but it honestly makes no sense when the F-22 and F-35 are designed to be respectively Air Superiority and Multi-role fighters. It's also likely going to stay below the speed of sound, and even if they give it super cruise to be over it - it's likely not going to be able to really defend itself in combat - especially if it's relying on other aircrafts sensors and probably isn't that maneuverable. In the scenario where a 'missile truck' would be useful, and needing to maintain stealth, which would have to be some major air battle that I don't think has been seen since the Second World War if not the First - F-22's can carry 6 AMRAAM's and 2 Sidewinders based on the info out there and the F-35 can carry 4 AMRAAM's all without compromising their stealth, with around 180 F-22's and about 450 US F-35's. All told if everything was thrown at something that's 1080 AMRAAM's and 260 sidewinders from the F-22's and 1800 AMRAAM's from F-35's, and keep in mind that if they forgo stealth, can carry another 4 and 6 respectively on external hardpoints if what I can find is correct. The numbers I can find for the third largest Air Force, Russia, just in fighters and attack aircraft (not bombers, transports, etc) is about 1500 planes. And if were not worried about stealth we still haven't yet counted the F-18's, the F15's, the F-15E's multi-roles loaded out for air superiority, and the F-16's that can all carry a good number of AMRAAM's, and all of which like the F-22 and F-35 can better defend themselves if it ends up a close range dogfight and can all engage at the same range a 'missile truck' would - unless you create a new missile akin to the AIM-54 Phoenix, for even longer range, but then you'd really be better off making a new version of the F-14 or something to carry it if the existing aircraft can't with the necessary built in sensors and ability to defend itself, instead of relying on another aircrafts sensors closer to the fighting and possibly between said truck and the targets where bad things can happen.

@jlcurtis94

Жыл бұрын

I believe the plan is to use a variant of the f15 and drones to truck missiles.

like a hawk!

B-2:knock knock terrorists: who’s there?? BOOM!!!!!

@4:09 "Unfortunately" ??

Overkill? You mean like sending a f22 to shoot down a balloon? America still being "MERICA!!

Must’ve forgot the B21 has already been unveiled to the public this year

@christopherrobinson7541

Жыл бұрын

Which means that the B32 is already in development, along with the F52 and the C21.

B-21 Raider. The first FAST Stealth bomber

Cool!

They have a microwave?! Imagine having a microwave burrito after you bombed the shit out someone

Napoleon Dynamite we love you

When I was a kid..I loved at my grandma's house in Apple Valley California. It must have been 89 because I had that Baja bug.. and we were out with dirt bikes and my dune buggie when a squadron on UFOs began dry run strife actions on us chasing us down the desert dirt two tracks taking turns diving at us and driving us l8ke cattle. After what seemed like half an hour of terror but was probably less than 10 minutes...they all lifted up and south into a formation around the mother ship as it came up from.Lucerne and headed north towards China lake . I think it mere months later our gvt provided press release/ unveiled the stealth technology.

B2 will always be my favorite plane

Health department permanently shuts down the aloha snackbar Buffet and Grill

“After refuelling the B-2s turned south and disappeared from air traffic control radar”, ah so they’re only stealthy when there’s no radar?

Most of the time your looking down to avoid random animal shyt. Now you gotta look up to look out for B-2 bird shyt 😂.