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Mystery plane over Kansas base fuels B-21 Raider stealth bomber talk
Mystery plane over Kansas base fuels B-21 Raider stealth bomber talk
A video filmed Tuesday near McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, shows a large gray military aircraft that some observers speculate could be the secretive B-21 Raider stealth bomber. Times Now…
The Story in Brief
A video filmed Tuesday near McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, shows a large gray military aircraft that some observers speculate could be the secretive B-21 Raider stealth bomber. Times Now reports the aircraft has not been officially identified. The B-21, built by Northrop Grumman, is a nuclear-capable penetrating strike bomber and is described as the world's first sixth-generation aircraft. Its average per-unit price is $692 million (about Rs 5,800 crore), and the Air Force plans to buy at least 100 of them.
Other possibilities for the aircraft include the B-2 Spirit, which sometimes refuels at McConnell, or the unacknowledged RQ-180 drone. OutKick reporter David Hookstead said the aircraft appeared most likely to be the B-21 Raider, citing a possible window reflection. Flight testing of the B-21 has previously been reported at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Air Force expects the stealth bomber to enter service within the next decade, but most details remain classified.
The Indian Opinion
The B-21 speculation is textbook Pentagon buzz marketing: a grainy video, an unnamed 'observer' with a hunch, and a press run that saves Northrop Grumman lakhs in advertising. Yet calling every gray plane a secret sixth-gen bomber teaches readers to expect spy-planes where there are only tankers. The real test isn't what flew over Wichita, it is whether the Air Force releases the actual flight log for McConnell that day. Until then, this is just a Rorschach test in a Kansas sky.
Source: timesnownews.com
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