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[[Image:Stealth-bomber.jpg|250px|thumb|right|B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber]]  
 
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The B-2 Spirit ("Stealth bomber") is an advanced, [[stealth]] aircraft developed by [[Northrup Grumman]]. The B-2 Spirit bomber has many benefits over other military bombers. Its main advantages are its, low-observable, strategic, long-range, and heavy bomber capable of penetrating sophisticated and dense air-defense shields.<ref>http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/</ref> The B-2 can also carry up to 40,000lb of the most technological advanced weapons, including, conventional and nuclear weapons, precision-guided munitions, gravity bombs, a range of maritime weapons, and even nuclear bombs.<ref>http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/</ref><ref>http://science.howstuffworks.com/stealth-bomber.htm</ref> It holds two separate weapons bays, both of which are equipped with a rotary launcher, and two bomb-rack assemblies.<ref> http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/</ref> An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2s armed with precision weaponry can do the job of 75 conventional aircraft.<ref> http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/</ref>  
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The B-2 Spirit ("Stealth bomber") is an advanced, [[stealth]] aircraft developed by [[Northrop Grumman]]. The B-2 Spirit bomber has many benefits over other military bombers. Its main advantages are its, low-observable, strategic, long-range, and heavy bomber capable of penetrating sophisticated and dense air-defense shields.<ref>http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/</ref> The B-2 can also carry up to 40,000lb of the most technological advanced weapons, including, conventional and nuclear weapons, precision-guided munitions, gravity bombs, a range of maritime weapons, and even nuclear bombs.<ref>http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/</ref><ref>http://science.howstuffworks.com/stealth-bomber.htm</ref> It holds two separate weapons bays, both of which are equipped with a rotary launcher, and two bomb-rack assemblies.<ref> http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/</ref> An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2s armed with precision weaponry can do the job of 75 conventional aircraft.<ref> http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/</ref>  
     
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