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A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber
Jim Goodall
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Description for A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 525 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWMV3; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 307 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1250.
This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours. Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges. After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003. ... Read more
This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours. Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges. After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764350757
SKU
V9780764350757
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-23
About Jim Goodall
Jim Goodall, Over the last thirty-five years, has authored more than two dozen books and articles on military aircraft, naval ships and submarines with a focus on Low Observables, or as it is known today, Stealth.
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