Rebecca Grant, FOX News: America’s new B-21 Raider has 4 big secrets China wants to steal
China is desperate to know if Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber is capable of unmanned flight
The Air Force’s new B-21 Raider stealth bomber that debuted Dec. 2 is safely back in its hangar in California, but you can bet China’s keyboard warriors are furiously clicking away trying to unravel its secrets via cyber-espionage.
You, me and military officers in China and other bad guy countries all want to know four big secrets about the B-21.
First, can the B-21 fly without pilots? Original acquisition documents called for the B-21 bomber to be "capable of manned and unmanned operations." Military drones take the man or woman out to save weight and increase endurance flight time. No one doubts the Air Force pilots can stick it out for long missions. Back in 2001, two B-2 bomber pilots logged a 44-hour mission from Missouri to Afghanistan and back. Bomber pilots train in simulators for 72-hour missions (and you thought the center seat on Southwest Airlines was tough.)
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WNU Editor: Who is to say that China does not have already have a detailed blueprint/understanding of the B-21?
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