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At $2,000,000,000 per aircraft, the B-2 Spirit was the most expensive bomber ever built — only 21 of the planned 132 were produced

Northrop’s B-2 Spirit was awarded the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Technology Bomber contract in 1981 and was designed in ...
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Why the B‑2 Spirit is the 1st stealth bomber of its kind

Why is the Northrop B-2 Spirit bomber the first of its kind? Well, put simply, it's because no one built a stealth strategic bomber before it, and something had to be the first. That said, the B-2 did ...