British Couple Reacts to Why NO Nation Wants to Fight The B-2 Spirit Bomber 

"Imagine seeing that flying over you." If you see it flying over you and you're the target, it's too late.

My dad designed the radar resistant paint for the b2. Pretty proud of him for that.

It actually is pretty darn quiet...the noise it makes is focused very much to the rear...so as it is coming towards you, it is really quiet. Then, as it passes it gets pretty loud...but the engine sound is more like an airliner that is meant to be quiet flying over houses near airports, and not like a high performance military jet. I once saw a flyover of one on an Independence Day celebration in Boston MA years ago.

@2:20 the two bombs was actually quite enough for it's purpose, it was designed to sneak in and hit high value targets. You could either send one nighthawk to take out a radar installation or a dozen b-52s that can been seen from hundreds of miles away.

The B-2 Spirit's successor, the B-21 Raider, is in testing; meanwhile, China's H-20 (not very close to completion) won't even be on par with a B-2 (let alone a B-21).

It's replacement, the B-21 Raider is close to being operational. You should check it out

The radar cross section of the B2 is the size of a Bumble Bee.

A B-2 performed a flyover when I attended a Kansas City Chiefs (American Football) game. They’re stationed in the same state. Sitting in the cheap, upper level seats, I saw it approaching from a distance, soundless. When it reached the stadium, it was huge, looked like it was moving in slow motion, remained relatively soundless (though the fans in the stadium were roaring), and was absolutely awesome to see.

The B2 is amazing. It's not very loud, it's design and internal engines lessen both head signature and sound. As always, that's what the government want /lets us to know - think about what else it has and does that remains Top Secret.

When you see one fly overhead it is so hard to judge the size, distance and speed as it is so different from anything else in the sky that you have nothing to judge it against. And the relative lack of engine noise makes the audio cues next to useless for the same reason. It can be right overhead and you may not hear it until after it passes.

The B-2 is still one of the coolest things to see in person. Sometimes they'll use them for flyovers at football games. It's actually a fairly old aircraft, though. It first went into service in the late 1980s. The venerable B-52 has been around since the 1950s, though, and is still America's main strategic and nuclear bomber. And it's absolutely massive! They're both very impressive aircraft to see in person.

@6:36 that's how loud (or quiet it) it ever gets. Ive seen two fly about 2000 feet above me at air shows and they were super quiet. And of course, by the time you actually hear it, its already flown way past you.

I actually installed the OJ-314 in the control tower for the B-2. A 2 position console to a 13 position console. That was back in 1987.

They're very quiet as they fly over

I often hear you refer to the US and England as friends. This is wrong , The Us and England are much more like family. Just like most families we don't always agree on everything but when the chips are down we can count on each others support

In early 2017, a pair of B-2 bombers dropped 100 individually-targeted JDAM guided bombs on an ISIS camp in Libya. They weren't chosen for the mission because of their stealth capabilities (although it probably helped in case there were ISIS sympathizers in the region with radar systems active that night). They were chosen simply for the sheer volume of munitions they could hold and launch precisely at so many targets in a single bombing run. The terrorists were annihilated, and just in case of survivors there was a "flock" of MQ-9 Reaper drones there for battle damage assessment, that afterwards mopped up with hellfire missiles and laser guided bombs against anything still moving. In the single strike mission, 10% of ISIS in Libya was killed.

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The B2 is substantially larger than an American football field length. It is 52m or 167,000 feet wingtip to wingtip. An American football field is 100 feet or 120 feet including endzones. The B2 is surprisingly quiet. Of course, that is how it is designed. Putting the engines deep inside the plane muffles the sound emitted.

Seeing one fly overhead is pretty insane. I have lived about half of my life within 10 miles of an air force base and am use to seeing all kinds of low flying planes & helicopters when one of these was in town it was always a spectacle.

The M.O.P. bombs that it can carry are 30,000 pounds each and are accurate to within about 5 feet. Maximum power, minimum collateral damage.

It has flown over us during are air show and it is quite.

My dad works at Boeing, and when it was in development, he worked on designing it. At that time, it was classified, so he wasn't allowed to talk about it, even to his family. It's still crazy cool

Wingspan: 52.4 m. Length: 21 m. Height: 5.18 m. Max Take Off Weight: 170,600 kg. Bombload: 23,000 kg.

I live in Missouri and have seen this plane many times. It will make your hair stand up on your neck the first time you see it.

Y’all should check you the C-5. You don’t hear the B-2 until it’s past you. We got to see one this summer at the local to me air show.

If you want to see an incredible airplane, jet watch the sr71 blackbird. It is still one of the fastest known aircraft. I've seen and touched one in Florida. The leading edge of the fuselage is razor sharp.

3 tractor trailer, well, trailers end to end...That's how wide it is.

In the cockpit photo where two people were in the shot, the one on the right was former Vice-President Dick Chaney.

Keep in mind this is showing publicly acknowledged ordinance...

My father worked for Northrup during the development of the B-2 in the '90s. He was a civilian contractor that started with another contractor that developed and maintained the simulator for training pilots to fly the B-2. When I asked him about his time at CyberSystems in the early '80s (I was born 1980, we lived in Colton, California, and CyberSystems was in Pico Rivera, California--insane commute, but it is what it is) he told me he was in charge of working on and maintaining the flight simulator for the B-2. When I asked him about the simulator, he told me that the machine made Disneyland's Star Tours look like the $.25 mechanical rocking horse found in front of grocery stores. He went on to work for Northrup-Grumman at Edwards Air-force Base in California in the last few years of the '80s and most of the '90s before the B-2 went in to service as an engineer who would "run the radar data" from their radar testing. This was a B-2 towed into an anachoic chamber and radar cross sections and test were run during the day (huge cement building with no windows and radar absorbing spike on all surfaces of the chamber except where the plane sat. They would record the radar test and my dad would take the tapes (yes, literal tapes) and was in charge of "running the radar data" whatever that meant. All he could tell me was they were testing the shape and skin for radar absorption and he was in charge of making sure the machines and computers processing the data ran correctly. I was 13 or 14 at the time when I asked him just how big the B-2 was. His answer was a wingspan bigger than a B-52, but length shorter than an F-16. I knew he dealt with radar testing, so, I asked him, how big does it show on radar. Being into R/C airplanes and having a .40 size plane (60" wingspan), he told me it showed up marginally larger than my R/C plane. His analogy was you were dead and blown up before you heard the engines let alone saw the plane itself. My dad ended his career working for GE as an engineer working at what used to be March Air-force base working on their Boeing 747 test-bed where the inboard right/starboard engine was the experiment. The plane would fly between March AFB and somewhere in China (don't ask why: it makes no sense--even to dad) to test GE's new jet engines and dad would always complain when it came back about how the standards were so horrible that screws were missing, wires and cables were not labeled, panels not even remotely secured properly and he and his team would spend the next several weeks putting thing back together properly so the next time the plane flew nothing would fall off. He even had to sometimes climb and crawl his way into the fuel bladders in the wings to verify no Chinese nonsense. Listening to his stories, despite being a civilian contractor with Northrup and then GE are some of my fondest memories from my childhood and something that we still bond over today as I always send him some awesome stuff just to start the conversation. He has always been an Amateur radio operator since he was either 9 or 11, can't quite remember, but was born in 1957, so, gives an idea of the era; when I was 15 or 26, he had a Morse code ham radio conversation with a gentleman in the midwest who's either father or grandfather was part of the P-61 Black Widow project towards the end of WWII. Thy hit it off so well, that the guy sent my dad a VHS tape recording of the flight training video for the P-61. I remember watching that with him when he got it. And when I found the same video here on RU-vid 3 or 4 months ago, I sent it to him. ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FZxlIjQqiTk.html&pp=ygUtZmxpZ2h0IHRyYWluaW5nIHZpZGVvIG9mIHRoZSBwLTYxIGJsYWNrIHdpZG93 for anyone wondering). Sorry for being so long winded. I just love family moments like this in reaction videos: it reminds me so much of my fond childhood memories, I am 43 for reference. ☺🤧🤓😎🤟 Rock on.

The SR-71 Blackbird is my favorite aircraft. It's normal cruising speed is mach 3.2 but pilots say it could go much faster. Even after being out of service for over 25 years it still holds many speed records and it's top speed is still classified. The air speed indicator on some later models registered up to mach 10. Worth checking out.

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I go to an air near my house every year and have never seen a B1 they are awesome. I strongly suggest doing what ever it takes to go your nearest airshow to see the Thunderbirds or Blue Angels. You won't be disappointed.

See it at the Cleveland airshow it is creepy quiet. The fighters shake your vision. The stealth messes up your senses

And for as large as the B-2 actually is, its radar cross-section.. is that of a small bird..

Gotta do the F-22 U.S. Fighter Jet!

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The B-2 is designed to be as quiet as possible because enemy radar can pick up acoustic frequencies

Hi. I'm from KC about an hour from Edwards air force base where it based. I saw it do a flyover at the KC chiefs football game!! By the time you hear and feel it , it is long gone

I live on the border of the Air Force academy and from time to time you will see these flying overhead

I believe I saw that they've moved 4 of these to Australian for the time being as a deterrant to the Chinese....

Look up a picture of the Peregrine Falcon in attack flight and a profile picture of the B2. They are identical in design.

Not as loud as you might think from the sound suppression system.

I want to thank you two. The U. S. spends a lot of money on defense. We intend to win our battles. We have a professional military these days. Well trained, well equipped decent pay. Heroes... You two take care. And yes we are friends and in many ways related. God bless both of you.

It’s big! If you ever get to Dayton, Ohio, go to the United States Air Force Museum. Some amazing planes there, including the B-2.

I was taking a walk in the village of Acton in early 1996 and heard the roar of jets overhead. Looking up, a B2 and an F117 were flying low -- wingtip to wingtip -- buzzing the village. It was magnificent. To this day, I'm grateful to the pilots who got bored and decided to get playful. 👍 Oh... And iKvetch is absolutely right about the noise. Relatively quiet while approaching, and much louder once they pass.

I drive by Whiteman often for work and have seen them landing. They really quiet and will sneak up on you as then fly over. It makes you jump as you didnt see it coming.

If you haven't yet reacted to the USAs SR 71 Blackbird the fastest plane ever built check it out i suspect you will enjoy

The B-21 Raider will be publicly announced at some point. It is made to slip behind enemy lines and bomb. It will be even better than the B-2 Spirit.

See em flying over on training every once in a while. Took my son to the zoo once and one was hanging around in the sky hardly noticed it was there.

Back in the mid 2000s when I lived in Kansas City, Missouri, I saw this bomber fly over my house, which is close to Arrowhead Stadium. I think they did a flyover the stadium. It was flying at fairly low altitude, black, other-worldly looking, and I heard NOT a sound from it as it flew over. Amazing!

It flew over the parade in Pasadena CA. U won’t hear it until it passes u over. I didn’t notice it until people started pointing it out..scared the shix out of me tho

Stealth, shhhhhh very very quiet for that large of an airplane!!

Watch Millie's eyes after she says humungous at 4:45 coincidence lol?

If yall like the B2, you should look up the new B21 Raider

You won't hear it for 30 sec after it passes

That was at Whiteman AFB.

all you need to know, is if you can hear it, youre not the target.

The beesley's No sir, two bombs was enough for the very first stealth plane. Since people were used to being able to see aircraft with their radar, and America secretly made a stealth plane, that wouldn't show up on radar, you send in your invisible planes and where do they drop the bombs? That's right! On the radar towers. Now every single plane you have won't be seen by the radar, because it's gone. And the only time they know that there's an airplane in the vicinity is when the Bombay doors open and it's too late to do anything about it. So you fly in pairs you come in completely unseen the radar people get about a 10-second warning and then the radar stations go offline

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The B2 is extremely quiet.

Anytime I hear meters I just substitute yards for meters. I know it’s not 100% precise but good enough for an American

6:45, yes Millie it sounds loud at takeoff as any aircraft/plane would, while actually flying is a different matter.

It's nose is a Hawk's beak

B2 bomber was also designed from the falcon bird and the plane it's self it's pretty silent when its flies

The plane Makes little to no noise

I think in many flight regimes, the B-2 is very quiet in fact. As it is lower to the ground it is as noisy as most aircraft with 4 turbofan engines.

As a former soldier who used some expensive weapons I wish we would use some of the defense budget to get to Mars. My dad was a scientist who regular job was the defense industry but was contracted to NASA for projects because NASA could not pay for full time scientists in his area. NASA’s budget is only $23 billion, and a new air craft carrier is $14 billion. US military budget is $770bln.

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Unlike the videos you see here, when one is approaching, it is extremely hard to spot even when you know it is coming. I never heard a sound until after it passed.

u must remember watching this

The. B2. Bomber. Is. Nicknamed. Black. Death.

only 2 billion dollars each plane

Don’t order the pringles and soda combo when flying on one of these, it’s $14,782.

You should check out the B52 Stratofortress

Can you guys react to the AH-64 Apache? Worked on that while I was in the Army.

(6:06) 23 miles is 37 km, which I think was a typo. That's 9100 m higher than the SR-71. I don't think so.

One B-2 bomber costs more than the entire North Korean military budget!

On the ground it’s loud, very loud. The exhaust runs across heat tiles, the same tiles used for re-entry by shuttles. There are no antennas that “retract” they are surface mounted. The Astro-inertial navigation is really cool. It tracks 32 stars and with those it can navigate the globe. It’s the only air craft that still has a nuclear mission. If the plane is fully loaded with bombs and gas it can’t take off. They take off half full and and meet with a tanker as soon as they react altitude. The wing span is the same length as the b-52. All skin door panels have “blade seals” to not have protruding lines. Also bolts are recessed for Low observability. It’s radar antenna’s are behind panels and don’t move. The toilets are disgusting and so is the crew compartment after a long mission. Their was supposed to be 3 seats but they changed their minds, the ejection cutout is still on the ceiling. If I could post a pic on the comments I have one of me giving my family a tour. I was an avionics technician or if you wann get fancy I was: comm/nav mission systems technician. It’s the only type of military air that has never been shot at. On one of the Air Force bases in England their is a b-2 hanger. I have no idea if one has actually parked there. Only one has crashed. I almost got to fly in one but the pilot remembered I was still on the plane right before they took off(I was fixing the radar on the fly.

The new B-21 raider stealth bomber is already complete and supposedly already have 4 in the air. There's not even pics of it but in the next couple years it will be the apex bomber. It's amazing that they've already developed and created a more advanced stealth bomber in a relatively short time. Can't wait to start seeing them in the next couple years. Also actively making the new NGAD 6th generation fighter that will control a fleet of drones with them. Also new helicopters are being developed that will have the same control of a fleet of drones. It's the called "the loyal wingman program" where new fighter helicopters and potentially bombers will have fleets of drones protecting them that can ad additional fire power and stop incoming fire intercepting with the drones themselves. We're about to see some other worldly type aire wars.

If this scare you.. you don’t want think about the nuclear subs. That have 16 rockets with each rocket carrying 12 or heads apiece!!!!

It's really quite compared to other jets, it's pretty close by the time you hear it, if it wanted to kill you , you'd never hear it as you'd be dead long before it go within hearing range

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They are pretty quiet to be honest.

I don't think people understand how deep 60 meters underground is. That's 180 feet. For most conventional construction, 50 feet is a logistical nightmare to dig. 180 feet through solid ground is just silly.

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I'm sorry about the fly, guys. I was just watching a video about a farmer fighting against a horrible fly infestation and it followed me here.

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Everything looks small on the screen! The people especially, how do they fit in there?

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Sal it airshow b52

Didn't they already do this one or atleast use the same thumbnail?

None of this matters unfortunately…..none of it helped back in sept of ‘01. Just saying.

By. The. Time. The. Enemy. Heard. Or. See,s. It. There. Dead. It,s. Nick. Name. Is. Black. Death.

We just moved 5 of our 20 B-2s to Australia because China is stirring shit up.

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