Northrop-Grumman B-2 Spirit
two/three-seat strategic 'stealth' bomber and missile-launch platform
Specifications
- Origin
- USA
- Type
- two/three-seat strategic 'stealth' bomber and missile-launch platform
- Maximum Speed
- 416 kt / 475 mph
- Maximum Range
- 18,532 km /11,515 miles
- Dimensions
- span 52.43 m / 172 ft 0 in
length 21.03 m / 69 ft 0 in
height 5.18 m / 17 ft 0 in - Weight
- empty 45,360 kg / 100,000 lb
max. take-off 181,437 kg / 400,000 lb - Powerplant
- four 8618-kg (19.000-lb) dry thrust General Electric F118-GE-110 turbofans
Armament
up to 22,680 kg (50,000 lb) of disposable stores carried in two side-by-side lower-fuselage weapon bays; each bay can accommodate one eight-round Boeing Rotary Launcher for a total of 16 1.1 megaton B83 thermonuclear free-fall bombs; alternative loads are 20 megaton-range B61 thermonuclear free-fall bombs, or 22 680-kg (1,500-lb) or 80 227-kg (500-lb) free-fall bombs