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Description This is how the B-2 LAP “variant” could have looked.

General characteristics


    Crew: 2: pilot (left seat) and mission commander (right seat)
    Length: 69 ft
    Wingspan:  56 ft
    Height: 15 ft
    Wing area: 4,140 ft
    Empty weight: 98,000 lb
    Loaded weight: 236,500 lb
    Max. takeoff weight: 376,000 lb
    Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 pitch thrust vectoring turbofans
    Dry thrust: 26,000 lb[263] (116 kN) each
    Thrust with afterburner: 35,000+ lb (156+ kN[N 5][264]) each
    Fuel Capacity: 167,000 pounds (75,750 kg)

Performance
    Maximum speed: Mach 0.95 (550 knots, 630 mph, 1,010 km/h) at 40,000 ft altitude / Mach 0.95 at sea level[148]
    Cruise speed: Mach 0.85[63] (487 knots, 560 mph, 900 km/h) at 40,000 ft altitude
    Range: 6,000 nmi (11,100 km (6,900 mi))
    Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,200 m)
    Wing loading: 67.3 lb/ft² (329 kg/m²)
    Thrust/weight: 0.205

Armament

    2 internal bays for ordnance and payload with an official limit of 40,000 lb (18,000 kg); maximum estimated limit is 50,000 lb (23,000 kg).

    80× 500 lb class bombs (Mk-82, GBU-38) mounted on Bomb Rack Assembly (BRA)
    36× 750 lb CBU class bombs on BRA
    16× 2,000 lb class bombs (Mk-84, GBU-31) mounted on Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA)
    16× B61 or B83 nuclear bombs on RLA (strategic mission)

    Standoff weapon: AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) and AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).



Scott Lowther.

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Comments: 5

armouredank [2016-08-02 01:28:47 +0000 UTC]

Everyone loves the B2, who doesn't?!

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Midway2009 [2016-07-22 16:03:06 +0000 UTC]

Awesome design.

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KaiserShipyards [2016-07-22 02:41:21 +0000 UTC]

was this around during say 1991-3?

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KuboCaskett [2016-07-22 02:08:18 +0000 UTC]

It's a pretty nice bomber design, though it does resemble the alleged Aurora aircraft.

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thormemeson [2016-07-22 01:03:29 +0000 UTC]

Not bad

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