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F-117A (Sortie – Engaged – Loss) ratio in Operation Allied Force = 743 – 2 – 1
F-117A = 2nd generation stealth in American terms with limited sensor systems and without EW capabilities
B-2A (Sortie – Engaged – Loss) ratio in Operation Allied Force = 49 – 0 – 0
B-2A = 4th generation stealth in American terms with significant sensor systems and EW capabilities
Yugoslavian air defenses were able to shoot down only 2 combat aircraft of NATO in Operation Allied Force (F-117A = 1; F-16A Block 15 = 1). B-2A delivered significant blows to Yugoslavian air defenses and made it much safer for the other aircraft to operate over the country by extension:
During Allied Force, the air war over Serbia, six B-2s conducted 45 sorties out of 9,211 Air Force fighter and bomber sorties in the entire war—less than a half of one percent—but they struck 33 percent of the targets in the first eight weeks of combat.
B-2A is capable of penetrating an IMAD setup while passing through:
Source: The Radar Game: Understanding Stealth and Aircraft Survivability.
Geometric shaping of B-2A is a nearly perfect radar waves deflecting mechanism and VLO in true sense of the word because even the fuselage and tail fins are eliminated altogether. B-2A also features substantial amount of radar waves absorbing materials within the frame. Even the engines are completely buried within the frame and exhaust systems are located on the top. Sheer size of the aircraft provided sufficient room to accommodate incredible stealthy characteristics. B-2A ticks all the boxes of frustrating detection possibilities with a radar system (or even a network of radar systems) across a number of bands including VHF because its returns are weak even in the Mie or Rayleigh region where resonance effects are more pronounced. The upcoming B-21 Raider expands on this incredible design yet further, and to what extent would be an understatement.
B-2A makes it possible to attack, degrade, and destroy increasingly sophisticated defenses and infrastructure of a region in limited sorties. To bomb a country back to the stone age if necessary.
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This comparison shows that just two B-2A are sufficient to produce "battlefield effects" that would take multiple aircraft to replicate otherwise. And there is no need to use refueling tankers for B-2A.
- Costs are reduced.
- Complexity is reduced.
- Probability of suffering losses is reduced.
I don't have to read the brochure, mate! Obviously, the Yanks are going to thump their chest like a bunch of primates and claim it to be the greatest thing since sliced bread!
It's all military propaganda.
Now, I'm no "war tactician" or whatever but from what I can tell, they'd have been much better off spending B-21's enormous R&D budget on hypersonic ICBMs or something which, for all intents and purposes, are un-interceptable by conventional means.
Even their fleet of fancy aircraft carriers is at the mercy of 'Mother' Russia and China's hypersonic missile systems, like the Avangard and DF-27s, both of which can carry tactical nukes.
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