The b2 is an amazing piece of shit, it does it’s job well but they are built like prototypes and not a prodiction aircraft.

The B-2 has a per-hour flight cost of $135k. Add to that it has to be stored in a special hanger, its stealth coating can be damaged by rain and is highly labor-intensive. On top of that, we only have 20 of them, so their use is limited and a lose of one plane represents losing 5% of the entire fleet. The B-21 should…

I’ll bet you $20 he did write that headline. This is a blog, not a newspaper. You are correct that newspaper reporters don’t write the headlines for their stories. But blogs don’t work the same way as newspapers.

Boy, maybe we should have stuck with biplanes in 1939. Monoplanes didn’t have that big of an advantage

They misused his character there. Blade 2 sucks

The stealth portion of the B-2 is rapidly approaching the point of being ineffective. I would agree with you if the B-2 were still cutting edge in that regard.

A lot of people didn’t know Blade was based off a comic book, just like a lot of people still act like Blade didn’t set this whole damn thing up. Billions of dollars later, and still neglected, even by people exalting how groundbreaking Black Panther is.

So the general public might remember Blade, but not as a Marvel movie about a black superhero.

Blade spawned movies like Underworld...not more comic movies...and none were ever as good as Blade

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and black dude was on the council, too. He had a solid set of dredlocks.

The astronomical upkeep of the current inventory is part of why the B-21 is being developed. The point is to leverage the prior development of the B-2 to provide a much more cost effective bomber as far as development, production, and future upkeep.

Hey, there were some Asians around that table, too! Don’t leave us out of the shadow government!

Blade also had the misfortune of coming out in the post-Batman & Robin late ‘90s, when studios were desperate to avoid the comic book label for fear that it would turn off audiences sick of campy superheroes. IIRC, Blade was positioned as a horror-action film, much in the same way that the first X-Men was sold as a Mat…

I always thought Blade doesn’t get the credit it deserves because the movie isn’t very comic book-y and is more of a 90s action/horror movie. It doesn’t help the Blade is a minor comic character, though that fact actually helped get the movie made.

I also don’t know that having our best tactical stealth bomber being 30 or 40 years old is such a great idea either. I’m sure it costs a lot to keep such an old girl up in the air.

Oh for fuck’s sake, Ballaban. This is one of the most inaccurate headlines ever on Jalopnik. The proposal currently on the table is to retire the B-2 in the 2030s, if the B-21 program goes to plan. Note the words “proposal” and “if”.

Why would you keep 20 hugely expensive planes operational after you bring 20 newer planes that have the same role on line?

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