British Couple Reacts to Why US Enemies Are Scared of B-21 Raider (Next Generation Stealth Bomber) 

The B-21 HAS entered production, with the first 6 airframes nearly completed.

I have been asked in my travels abroad, are Americans still patriotic, do you still stand behind your nation and flag….the simplest way to put that is in the hours and following days after 9/11, over 342,000 Americans immediately dropped what they were doing and joined the military. Our flag, our country and our citizens were attacked. We all knew instinctively that there was going to be hell to pay and wars to be fought. So yes we are still brave and patriotic…..and yes our flag is still waving freely, only because our commitment to defend our nation no matter what. These lessons have been instilled on this nation so much so that even the Japanese in WWII saw us and feared the potential the US . Famously in WWII, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said: “ I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” He was more than correct.

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Always remember my peeps we are already in or have something Flying while the b-21 isn't even fielded yet!

As far as cost goes, I always remember the comparison I first heard many years ago on _Eight is Enough_ ... Think of the military like a fire department. You spend a lot of money and effort on it, and hopefully you never have to use it.

1) As the original video mentioned, the Doolittle Raid in 1942 caused only miniscule damage in Japan. But the outrage and embarrassment felt by the Japanese Navy was a deciding factor for their plans to attack the American island of Midway. Based on the numbers, Japan should have won the Battle of Midway. Due to a string of events fortuitous for the U.S. Navy, they sank three Japanese aircraft carriers in five minutes, claiming one of the most unlikely and most pivotal naval battles in history. The Japanese never had a chance to win the Pacific War (World War 2), but this battle put them permanently on the defensive. (The 2001 film "Pearl Harbor" begins with the Doolittle Raid. If you like old movies, watch "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" from 1944. I would imagine someone has made a documentary video short enough to react to.) 2) Refueling in mid-air obviously requires expert flying, as the two planes need to match speed and get very close. The hose from the tanker aircraft, called the "boom," is controlled by someone at the tail of the tanker. The boom operator extends the boom the last few meters to make the connection. The British RAF has a fleet of 12 tankers that are a modified version of the Airbus A330. Astonishingly, the USAF has more than 550 of them, with nearly 200 more on order! Nearly 400 were built from 1955 to 1965 at the height of the Cold War. They are still airworthy but require more and more maintenance. 3) The $4 billion per plane cost for the B-2 explains why only 21 of the originally planned 132 were built. I cannot confirm this, but at one time in the 1980s or 1990s they supposedly cost more than their weight in gold! When the U.S. military or their contractors give cost estimates, they are frequently VERY wrong, so consider me deeply skeptical that the new B-21 will cost no more than $600 million. You yourselves said the original video makes it sound too good to be true. Nevertheless, I do support replacing the B-2. 4) The threat of war with China is not "almost certain." Talk about hyperbole! The U.S. said the same about the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In case anyone has forgotten, both China and the U.S. are nuclear powers. Having nukes makes adversaries less likely to attack you (at 20:45, the original video says as much). American defense contractors, their lobbyists, and much of the media (including movies, TV, and military RU-vid channels) have a tendency to exaggerate, to put it mildly, in their ongoing mission to prevent the U.S. from running out of wars. Right now, we're very close to that, so the marketing campaigns of scaremongering get cranked up. Of course, the chance of war with China is not zero. But we somehow forget that just as politicians in the U.S. like to talk tough and get credit for strengthening the military, so do politicians in Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. I wonder if one reason Russia actually did invade Ukraine is that the Russian government too successfully built up the imaginary threat of Ukraine in the minds of the Russian people, to the point that it would have appeared irresponsible to not attack such a danger to Russia. (Also, Russia had to do it while Ukraine was not a NATO member.) If there's any truth to that, the Russians were somewhat trapped by their own propaganda. Now that the war is underway, they're even more trapped, because withdrawing would be admitting the whole rationale for it was a lie.

The B 2s are temporarily grounded now.

Jets fly over some usa cities on the 4th of july, in the 1990's during a 4th in Aspen, CO I realized we didn't hear any fly overs during the parade. For some reason I thought to look up to see the blacked outline of a 117 silently gliding across the sky, really spooky, I may have been the only person to notice the aircraft.

The British had a fantastic bomber, the Avro Vulcan. Be proud of that great plane.

REQUEST: Make a reaction video where Millie is the one who chose the video (already saw it before you record yourselves watching it) just so we can see Mr. Beesley's genuine first response reaction, too. He's a good actor but I believe we'd find it fun to see a genuine first-watch reaction. And her, second-watch performance. Would you do that?

Another reason the B-21 will be cheaper is that a lot of parts are common, cheap and easily attainable within the aircraft industry unlike many of our older specialized aircraft where every bolt was several thousand dollars to replace.

Theirs videos out there of plains and jets refueling in the air it’s cool actually

There is a movie about Doolittle's raid it's pretty good I don't know how accurate but it's pretty good. After the raid Jimmy Doolittle's name was synonymous with their power!

The way I look at it, the B2 and the B21 differences parallels the differences in the old PC vs the old Apple Macintoshes. The PC with it's open architecture allows almost any PC to remain relevant for a LONG time with incremental upgrades of almost any component over the years in the same basic frame, whilst the Macintoshes, while very expensive and powerful, are not easily upgradable much and eventually will require a total replacement in order to be competitive over the long haul. I've owned both and noticed in the long haul, it's WAY cheaper to keep & upgrade the old PC, while the cheapest way to keep Mac current is to replace the whole thing every few years, which is STILL costs more to keep current than a PC. Finally the Mac gave up and switched to the PC architecture to be more cost effective BUT they engineered the software to be sooo picky that ye cannot take full advantage of the open architecture. That's why I gave up on the Mac and went PC only and only use the Mac laptops for specialty purposes whilst the PCs does everything else day and night. I imagine the US Military pretty much felt the same way about the B2 stealth bomber and wanted to go the way of the PC and be able to upgrade the airframe as new things gets developed and can get a few more decades out of each airframe. Anything to reduce cost in the long haul is good, while the US Military has a HUGE budget, it still isn't infinite. 😉

The B2 is a 40 year old design, so of course there will be newer weapon systems. The Doolittle raid is the only time bombers have been launched by an aircraft carrier.

I've seen one of these fly over my city before; having a military base not too far away; it was easily one of the coolest things I've seen Edit, not the new version lol

It’s has entered production and it’s cheaper just due to manufacturing becoming easier because they learned a lot from the b2. Stay blessed y’all

The Dolittle raid was portrayed in the ending of the movie Pearl Harbor.

The B-2 has the a ability to send false radar signature back to the ground, showing the plan 40 or 100 miles away from where it actually is located. Can you imagine what this new model can do?

less air at higher altitude...maybe utilizing a hybid concept. Electric usage at exteme height and back to combustion when re entry into lower altitudes? I should research that a bit.

Those planes landed on land in friendly County that booming 💥

A good summation of the Doolittle Raid can be found at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kpxRNqeD4eA.html The main thing about the raid was the psychological effects on both the Americans and the Japanese. For the Americans it provided a much needed boost to morale and showed that we were still in the fight and could hit back. For the Japanese it lowered morale as it represented the first time the Emperor of Japan had ever been in direct danger and was just a glimpse of what was to come. Some realized that they had indeed awakened a giant and mad him very angry. It was important enough to the Americans that they risked what was left of their navy in the Pacific to make it happen. The raiders on Doolittle's flight knew that it was probably going to be a one way trip and yet they went anyway. The Japanese would consistently underestimate American resolve and fighting spirit.

You should react to a "In Air Refueling" video so you can see it.

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Fun fact: the United States spent 10 billion per month on our troops while we occupied Afghanistan for several months. We routinely spend more than 600 billion per year on our military. During war time we can triple that spending. It’s crazy we you think about it.

It is not talk. I promise you. I'm in the USA 🇺🇸. It's true. They are leaving so much information out. I can understand why. We love you friends

Great channel! Here in the States, the Doolittle Raid is infamous. They did not have enough fuel to return, a one way trip and they all knew, not all aviators returned alive. Some where found by friendly Chinese who were fighting Japan at the time.

Watch the Movie Pearl Harbour (the one with Ben Affleck) and at the end you can see the Raid

Never having to use the plane is not a waste of money. The existence of the plane is a deterrent and therefore money well spent. Northop Grumman, having designed and built the B-2, along with their experience with other modern military aircraft like the F-35, allows them to keep the cost of R&D down on the B-21, making it more affordable while also being extremely advanced.

Beesleys have you seen the news that the US has essentially unlocked Fusion Energy?? The estimate is that by 2030 we will see the first commercialization of it. Limitless energy -- essentially free!

A lot of things going to lasers and unmanned stuff now.

The concept of being more capable militarily so other nations aren't tempted to mess with you, is called 'peace through strength'. Then only suicide bombers attack you. (rolling eyes) But there are ways to stop that.

The American concept of military equipment is it's better to have and not need then to need and not have

Rumor has it that this bomber will have the option of being a manned or unmanned platform as well, which in itself is a huge advantage. Guess none if us will know unless it has to be used.

Unless the B-21 has cup holders, im not interested.

The thing I would reiterate is the US rarely fields hardware that is not up to the job. This aircraft is likely as good as advertised if not better. Just like the f-117 it will likely be known a lot better after we see it in use as I would be shocked if we avoid conflict with China and or N.Korea at some point. As for Russia, conventional warfare with them would be brutal for Russia. The modular system integration is a truly generational leap.

It is most likely true that despite being cheap, the B-21 is still a massive upgrade. We just won't ever know how they managed to do this since like the B-2 before it, and with the F-35 now, most information on what makes the F-35, and B-21 so ground breaking will remain classified. You saw how far the U.S went to retrieve the F-35 that was lost out at sea in Asia to prevent China from getting it. The U.S will do whatever possible to keep the specifics classified especially with this new bomber.

They tell you about the raid in the movie Pearl harbor

The real game changer is the breakthrough the USA just made in fusion technology. Big changes will be coming in the next decade or two.

The average fighter is between 75 and 150 million dollars. The F22 was significantly more then that. Due to quantity the F35 is in the 100 million dollar price range. When you compare that to a B-21 it doesn't seem to be as much of a big deal.

If things go according to schedule by 2030-2035 what we know as advanced Aircraft across the world will look very different! So many Aircraft programs are scheduled for that time period both manned and unmanned!

Yall should watch the movie pearl harbor. You can see about the Doolittle Raid

they are already flying this bomber

This has already been flying for years. By the time these projects are revealed, their predecessors are already at the very least in end stage development if not already flying also.

The Doolittle raiders is an amazing story, there are a lot of good videos on it, but it effectively was a lot of brave men risking their lives just to give Japan a taste of what they started. Its also very tragic as to escape a lot of the crew men landed or ditched in China which would result in the japanese killing upwards of 250,000 Chinese as retribution for helping the Americans escape. And while the raid itself was not effective on the large it was the first domino leading to Japan's decision to launching an attack against the island of midway which would be the complete turning point in the war in the pacific against the japanese where they would lose 4 of their 6 aircraft carriers.

Do a reaction to the B25 raid on Japan. It is interesting.

The B-21 is gonna have some very big shoes t fill. And obviously theres going to be skepticism towards any new military tech, i mean look at the F-35. Its gonna have to prove itself in real world events and environments to really hold everything it claims. However i do think the B-21 will be successful, not just from a tactical point, but economically and technologically too. But its still years away from final product, as it still has plenty of testing to conclude, but im confident its going to be one badass addition the the US Air Force and its partners.

When we don't use our weapons, I don't care if they cost 500 billion a unit, that's a good thing. It means we got our money's worth. Not having to use them is the victory.

The US military budget for this year is around 850 billion 🇺🇸

there is a movie on the doolittle raid you guys could react to it.

You better hope it's all true.

If you see it its flaying and more then one.

It’s actually quite a bit smaller than the b-2. The old one cost so much cuz they only built 21 of them

Yes, Japan regretted waking the sleeping giant that hasn't gone back to sleep since

They flew three B-2 near North Korea. They're still cleaning up the mess Kim and his Generals left on the floor.

Given how advanced this aircraft is it really makes you wonder what else does our military have hidden up it's sleeves it is not ready to or does not want to tell us about. And this bomber has already entered production with the first batch of airframes nearly finished and ready for deployment.

I wonder if some of the B-2s will be converted to tankers....

you guys should do a part one and part two of “how geography made the United States op”. It’s as mind blowing as the video “the US military is everywhere.”

We get our moneys worth if we never have to use it.

I The Cost of 1 B2, the Same Money will build 5 B21's

Trust me there are higher classified clearances higher than the president

They are probably using an O2 or hydrogen/Oxygen concentrator. The latter could be used as fuel.

The idea of all-domain warfare permitting victory in at least one attack vector has to be taken with a grain of salt. Winning a battle to shut down enemy computers is all fine and dandy, but it won't win the war. Nor does winning a battle at sea, to control space, or even to control the sky above an enemy nation. Those things are all very important, but they share one thing in common. They just make it easier to invade the target nation. It doesn't matter if you control the sky above or the sea around that nation if you don't send soldiers there. You may make it harder for them to move, but move they will. They can take whatever time they need to come up with a solution to the problem. A universal truth of warfare that hasn't changed since the days of Og the caveman is that the only way to win a war is to send poor bloody infantry there to knock them down and make them yell "uncle". That means that to achieve a lasting victory, ground assault is the only attack vector that truly matters. The ultimate purpose of every other form of warfare is to support the infantry and make their job easier, and make the job of the opposing infantry harder.

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Wouldnt it be nice to own a company that build military war planes

It won't stop the Chinese from getting you

Love the videos, but why do you guys not pay for YT Pro?

Merry Christmas and safe New Year to you and your family ,keep up the good work!!!!! Much love guys, Stay safe in whatever you do on a daily basis!!!!!!!! God bless you and your family!!!!!! I hope that you and your family can apply for your green cards and full American citizenship, soon!!!! Your family member, friend, Bob Compton , from Maryland , USA

Investors have this multiple times never fight the United States it never goes well Britain

Why wouldn't it be true?

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Things like this is why the US will be elected to fight the aliens

Which is good considering our current president and he is questioning that but president Trump never questioned

A few comments - first, the concept of a strong military that you hope will never be used is nothing new. Great Britain used this concept with its huge navy in 17th and 18th century. Your country developed a super strong navy to deter France and Spain from attacking. Again, this concept is nothing new. It’s called “Deterrence Through Strength”. That’s why nations build militaries, in trying to persuade your potential enemy to think twice. Your country does it today with your nuclear submarines, tanks, ships, aircraft carriers. Surprised you two are new to this concept. Also, air refueling - this has been around since the late 1960s. Your country did in the Falklands Conflict. You two, I hope know about that brief war between your country and Argentina back on 1982. To explain further - your countries military occupied an island I. The middle of the Atlantic Ocean called Ascension Island. Back in the 80s your country had a strategic bomber called a Vulcan. The Vulcan took off from this island and flew all the way south to the Falkland Islands to bomb the Argentine controlled airfield in Goose Green (this is a village that has an airfield on the Falklands Island. The distance was way to far to fly with out air refueling so your country used tankers to refuel the bomber at least 6 times to get it to the Falklands and back.

Do you guys take requests? I've noticed you react to a lot of military stuff, but not so much music. I also noticed how...um...."innocent" you guys were in terms of music artists when you reacted to a video (howdy, it's Kyle) about musical artists from each state. I don't know if you guys read these comments (or take requests not made by your Patreon supporters). If y'all get bored or something, maybe you can check out a pretty little song by country artist Garth Brooks, called "If Tomorrow Never Comes". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K1kc1X6kTpw.html

These military video requests are out of control lol. I just wanted them to react to the Apple HQ building and James studied architecture...

Most of The United States technology is of military or companies Like NASA in origin

I heard we had help from aliens on these.

America practices peace through strength. Think about it. You have no negotiation power if you are the weak person on the board. But if you carry the biggest stick, you can force peace from others who would not have it otherwise. That is why the world has enjoyed its most peaceful amount of time in history after World War ii.

i asked a relative in the USAF what he was up to? he couldn't tell me everything but he did say, " be assured that they are working hard on planes that cost a fraction of the old ones and can be worked on easier. so more planes easier to fix better stealth and can be upgraded for years to come. sure sound like it's real. thanks for sharing. get well soon Millie looking better. hope your 90-100% for Xmas.

Air superiority is everything 💪🏻

I want to work for Northrop Grumman. Where I live in Florida, they just built an absolutely massive facility and the vehicles in that parking lot… newest corvettes, teslas, Porsches… pays great and I’ve always wanted to be apart of something bigger. I’m taking steps to achieve an entry level position for Grumman.

The B2 can take off from Missouri USA and bomb targets in the middle east and return without refueling. I think this video got the refueling information wrong.

understand that, my job was a firefighter in the Navy. No one wanted us to work. Luckily, in my time, I only had one fire on the ship and that was a small one.

Wouldn't it have been better to just keep this airplane top secret and just call it a B2 ? Or is it intended to spook enemies as a deterrent saying "we have this airplane so enemies think twice about doing anything aggressive"? Either way it's a welcome addition to counter any threats to democracy and freedom.

@thebeasleys I live in Rapid City South Dakota, and the Air Base next to us is going to be the base to hold the B-21. We are expecting about 2,000 to 10,000 airmen and women to move here to be stationed at Ellsworth AFB. Rapid City's population is at 80,000 people, so by 2025 our population is gonna be almost 100,000. Ellsworth AFB is home to the 28th Bomb Squadron which hold the B-1B Lancer. When the B-21 arrives, the B1 will be retired along with the B-2. Ellsworth has been home to the B1 since 1987.

Proud to be American 🇺🇸

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The beesleys You said that 600 million per aircraft was quite a bit of money. The United States annual department of defense budget is 1.64 trillion dollars. If they were only buying those planes, they could buy 2,733 in one year. But they're only going to buy a hundred of them, over probably a decade or more

High is why one of the greatest " mothball " locations is where I live nearby can(and does ha e every capability to have all of it mothballed fleet easily and readily ready for combat within 24 hrs) and there are acres, and cres of military planes, us AMERICNS ARE READY WILLING AND ABLE INCLUDING ME AN NEARLY 60 YR OLD GRANDMOTHER. I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE....and once I die please do not leave me GATHER ALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK MY POCKETS...SO THAT YOU MAY LIVE...BUT AS FOR ME IF NEED BE I WILL BE ON THE FRONT LINES...been shooting since I don't remember when been hunting since 13 but remember you must pry my guns from my cold dead hands

The B-21 Raider just made NATO and US Allies more powerful 💪🇺🇲🇺🇳🇨🇵🇨🇦🇩🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇩🇮🇱🇯🇵🇰🇷🇸🇪🇫🇮🇺🇦🇹🇼🇭🇲 Don't mess with the US and it's friends 👍😂

While it was Japan’s biggest mistake, it took us into WW2. Which was what Britain needed. You guys were very close to losing your country to Germany. Your way of life would have been so different had we not entered that war. We became trusted allies after WW2, and its important we don’t forget that.

Also look into the factory output near the end of WWII. The Ford factory was turning out a B24 heavy bomber every hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Dec 19th 2022 The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire earlier this month, and none of the strategic aircraft will perform flyovers at this years’ college bowl games.

Two great WW2 movies to watch are "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" starring Van Johnson, Robert Mitchum and Spencer Tracy as Doolittle and "The Purple Heart" about the trial of a captured flight crew of one of the raiders. Both films were produced in 1944 when it was no longer necessary to protect the secrets of the raid.

The B21 pilots don’t even have to worry about laser or microwave weapons being used against them. A direct hit (if you manage to get a radar lock) will do nothing to the Raider.

You never want to cause you enemies problems! Problems have solutions! You want to cause dilemma’s, dilemmas have no solution, no matter what you do ,it ends up bad! That is US strategy , make an overwhelming number of dilemmas for its enemies!

Just watch Pearl Harbor (film) 2001 Doolitle raid second part of the movie

The USA 🇺🇸 only release stuff like this, only if they are much more prepared then they talk about.

i always Love how Europeans seem so shocked at the cost of US Military Assets.. Yes Virginia it really does cost that much to keep You free of Communist control