The U.S. Air Force's new Stealth Bomber Looks Like The Old Stealth Bomber

U.S. Air Force

David Axe, Daily Beast: Air Force Unveils New Stealth Bomber, Looks Just Like Old Stealth Bomber

The new B-21 is supposed to be the bomber of the future and will cost, as of now, $790 million a piece. But it looks awful familiar…

The U.S. Air Force has revealed the designation and shape of its new stealth bomber.

The big, radar-evading warplane—the successor to the Air Force's iconic B-2 stealth bomber—has been designated B-21. And based on the single computer-generated image the flying branch has released, the B-21 looks a lot like ... well, the B-2 from 30 years ago.

"This aircraft represents the future," Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said as she showed off the artistic rendering of the B-21 at an Air Force symposium in Orlando on Feb. 26.

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WNU Editor: it looks like the same because many parts of the B-2 will be incorporated into the B-21.