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by ianburrell 5 days ago
The B-21, a cheaper version of the B-2, makes more sense as new bomber since it can do the normal bomber jobs and the B-52 job of nuclear cruise missiles.

B-52 engine refurbishment is going to cost $15 billion for 70 odd bombers, or $214 million each. $750 million is current cost of B-21.
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tocs3 5 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider

Notice all the references to the B-21 are future tense.

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ianburrell 5 days ago
Northrup has built a couple of prototypes and supposed to deliver first one next year. The B-21 program is going really fast. Air Force are ordering 145, which is slightly more than the B-1, B-2, and B-52s.
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tocs3 5 days ago
It is just easy to not trust official predictions but of course "past performance is not indicative of future results". So we will see.
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