Striking Iran nuclear facility worth $2.1 billion per B-2 stealth bomber

The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, which costs billions of dollars to build, played a central role in the US Operation Midnight Hammer Strike in a trio of Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend.

General Dan Kane, chairman of the co-director, explained. Operation Midnight HammerAt a press conference on Sunday, it targeted nuclear sites in Fold, Natanz and Isfahan in Iran as “the largest B-2 operational strike in US history” and “the second-longest B-2 mission ever flew.”

The B-2 bomber has a price tag of $2.1 billion per plane. According to New York Times.

The “Flying-Wing” bomber features “low observable technology and all advanced capabilities to penetrate the most sophisticated air defenses of nuclear and traditional missions.” Northrup Grumman I’ll explain it on that website.

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USAF General Lecture shows that “remarkable” aircraft needed for a 30,000-pound bomb has been dropped on Iranian nuclear weapons site

Characteristics of B-2 bomber According to the US Air Force, include “reduced infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual, radar signatures” that help organize the materials they were made into, special coatings, and “infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual, radar signatures.”

The aircraft has a 172-foot wingspan and can carry payloads of over 40,000 pounds. Without refueling, it ranges to 6,000 nautical miles.

During Operation Midnight Hammer, the bomber’s “large B-2 Strike Package” took off from the US, moving seven people towards the “west” and the Pacific Ocean towards the “target area” in the Middle East.

“Through an 18-hour flight to the target area, the aircraft completed multiple in-flight refueling,” he said. “Beyond the land, the B-2 linked escorts and support aircraft in complex, closely timed operations that require precise synchronization across multiple platforms in narrow airspace, which takes place over narrow communications.”

Complete breakdown of Operation Midnight Hammer: “The biggest B-2 operational strike in US history”

The bomber busted the bunker and dropped the massive ordinance intruder weapon of the GBU-57 Fordow and Natanzaccording to Kane. Estimates suggest that each of these bombs would cost more than $5 million, the New York Times reported.

A Tomahawk missile fired from a US submarine also hit Isfahan during surgery and hit “a major surface infrastructure target” at its nuclear site, Kane said.

He told the media that a “strike package” of midnight hammers, including B-2 spirit bombers and other aircraft, has departed. Iranian Air Area After a strike while known shots are fired while occurring.

According to the New York Times, the cost of flying a B-2 stealth bomber could be around $130,000-$150,000 per hour.

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“More than 125 US aircraft have participated in this mission, including multiple flights of B-2 stealth bombers, fourth and fifth generation fighter jets, dozens of air refueling tankers, guided missile submarines, and hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance aircraft, and maintenance and operational professionals.

president Donald Trumpin the Truth Social Post on Sunday, he said the damage suffered by Iran’s nuclear sites was “deemed “moral” and praised the “great skills” demonstrated by the US military.

He also reported that the “great” B-2 pilot was back safely to Missouri, saying, “Well done!!!”