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A pictorial history of the B-2A Spirit stealth bomber / Jim Goodall ; foreword by Dr. John Cashen.
- Title
- A pictorial history of the B-2A Spirit stealth bomber / Jim Goodall ; foreword by Dr. John Cashen.
- Author
- Goodall, Jim, 1945-
- Publication
- Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, [2016]
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- Description
- 159 pages; 24 x 31 cm
- Summary
- This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours. Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges. After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003. An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.
- Alternative Title
- B-2A spirit stealth bomber
- B-2A Spirit stealth bomber
- Subject
- B-2 bomber > History > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- History
- Pictorial works
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0764350757
- 9780764350757
- OCLC
- 927401984
- SCSB-12573555
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library