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WHY THE B-21 RAIDER MAKES THE B-2 OBSOLETE 🚨 America didn’t upgrade the stealth bomber. It reset the equation. ✈️ B-21 Raider vs B-2 Spirit 🛑 The B-2 Problem • Built for Soviet-era air defenses • 1980s stealth tech • ~$135K per flight hour • Only 20 aircraft total • Massive, costly, maintenance-heavy ⚡ Why the B-21 Wins • Smaller = harder to detect • Next-gen stealth materials • Open architecture (rapid upgrades) • Designed for China/Russia A2/AD • ~$700M per jet → scalable fleet • Built for contested airspace 📊 Quick Reality Check • Payload ↓ slightly • Survivability ↑ massively • Cost ↓ dramatically • Fleet size ↑ 5x • Upgrade speed ↑ exponentially 🧠 The Big Shift The B-21 isn’t about carrying more bombs. It’s about getting through — every time. Stealth > mass Adaptability > legacy Survivability > nostalgia 📌 Sources: • U.S. Air Force (af.mil) • Northrop Grumman • Congressional Research Service • The War Zone (TWZ) • Simple Flying • Sandboxx • Decode Conflict