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

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.

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.

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?

“Challenge accepted!” -IOC

And since the sport is timed and not “judged,” no institutional politics or corrupt judge could take it away from him.

“It’s like bobsled without the sled—it’s just Bob!”

I don’t care what anyone says, the winter olympics are awesome!

Where can one pickup a pair of those gloves with the claws? I have a cat I need to teach a lesson.

That pretty much sums up how I feel!

It helps that Enzo Ferrari was a terrible, terrible human being.

“I know the whole Ford vs. Ferrari story has been done to death already”

“The untitled movie will follow an eccentric team of American engineers and designers led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are dispatched by Henry Ford II with”

Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Oh, boy!

It’s not BS, high performance brake pads are much noisier and generate much more brake dust and you’re right in that the difference in normal driving isn’t astronomical. But there is a difference and if you’re trying to get every last ounce of performance out of your car it’s something you’ll have to put up with. If…