Anonymous
6/23/2025, 2:52:32 AM No.2045694
>37 hour flight from Missouri to Iran
Does that make sense? Aren’t these planes insanely fast?
Does that make sense? Aren’t these planes insanely fast?
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Anonymous
6/23/2025, 2:55:54 AM No.2045695
>>2045694 (OP)
>Aren’t these planes insanely fast?
The B-2 is a Stealth bomber, not a fighter jet, it's subsonic.
>Aren’t these planes insanely fast?
The B-2 is a Stealth bomber, not a fighter jet, it's subsonic.
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 3:27:37 AM No.2045699
>>2045694 (OP)
37 hours round trip.
37 hours round trip.
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 4:14:29 AM No.2045704
>>2045694 (OP)
they get refueled on the way over. Also there is no particular reason to believe they took off from Missouri and continued straight to Iran. It could mean they did it last week and left from Kuwait or something.
they get refueled on the way over. Also there is no particular reason to believe they took off from Missouri and continued straight to Iran. It could mean they did it last week and left from Kuwait or something.
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Anonymous
6/23/2025, 4:26:46 AM No.2045705
>>2045704
I doubt they were launched from anywhere in that region, it just invites a retaliatory attack which no one hosting a base would be eager to invite, and there is no logistical reason not to take off from the mainland US where you completely control the airspace and thus minimize any opsec issues
I doubt they were launched from anywhere in that region, it just invites a retaliatory attack which no one hosting a base would be eager to invite, and there is no logistical reason not to take off from the mainland US where you completely control the airspace and thus minimize any opsec issues
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 4:33:21 AM No.2045708
>>2045694 (OP)
The opposite of insanely fast, they're insanely slow, meant to penetrate airspace without detection, their top speed is subsonic and the lack of a vertical stabilizer makes them steer slower than boats. If we need speed, we use the B-1. The doctrine says to deploy the B-2 first to destroy key targets (I'm an invasion that would be anti air defense) and then once the air space is free from air defense, deploy the B-1 which can hit even harder than the B-2 because the B-1 has almost twice the payload. B-2 is basically the warning shot, B-1 deployment means serious business.
The opposite of insanely fast, they're insanely slow, meant to penetrate airspace without detection, their top speed is subsonic and the lack of a vertical stabilizer makes them steer slower than boats. If we need speed, we use the B-1. The doctrine says to deploy the B-2 first to destroy key targets (I'm an invasion that would be anti air defense) and then once the air space is free from air defense, deploy the B-1 which can hit even harder than the B-2 because the B-1 has almost twice the payload. B-2 is basically the warning shot, B-1 deployment means serious business.
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 10:45:03 AM No.2045725
>>2045694 (OP)
That's the round trip time. They only fly slightly faster than a commercial airliner. They are subsonic.
>>2045704
They did fly all the way from Whiteman AFB in Missouri. B-2s rarely land outside of the us, especially when doing combat missions. Flying to the other side of the world and dropping your bombs before flying back is a typical mission.
That's the round trip time. They only fly slightly faster than a commercial airliner. They are subsonic.
>>2045704
They did fly all the way from Whiteman AFB in Missouri. B-2s rarely land outside of the us, especially when doing combat missions. Flying to the other side of the world and dropping your bombs before flying back is a typical mission.