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Stealth bomber

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noun

  1. Also called: B-2.  a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Defense Department also is asking for $34.4 billion to modernize the nation’s nuclear triad by fully funding the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and ramping up production of the B-21 Stealth bomber.

From Washington Times • Mar. 28, 2022

The docu-special “Secrets in the Sky: The Untold Story of Skunk Works” looks at the top-secret aerospace program that created the U2 and SR-71 spy planes and the Stealth bomber.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2019

Take the B-2 Stealth bomber, which can penetrate enemy anti-aircraft defenses without being detected, or fire from a distance with standoff weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2015

Elizabeth, posing as Michelle, wants information about the the Stealth bomber under development.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2015

Air Force weapons technicians in Missouri loaded the ill-aimed, satellite-guided bombs into the belly of the radar-eluding Stealth bomber.

From Time Magazine Archive

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