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A multi-role stealth strategic bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. Because it can penetrate previously impenetrable defenses and deliver massive firepower anywhere in the world, it represents a dramatic leap forward in technology.
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B-2 Spirit
Stealth Bomber
U.S. Air Force
A multi-role heavy bomber that travels at high subsonic speed (which is "relatively slow" by military aircraft standards)—and costs $2.2 billion each. Can carry conventional or nuclear arms. Manned by two pilots. Its stealth features include its design (triangular shape), the covering or "skin" that reduces reflection or radar signature, and other techniques such as masking the heat from its engines. B-2's from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, and Guam can cover the entire globe with only one mid-air refuelling.
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