The U.S. Air Force (USAF) released two pictures of America’s newest nuclear-capable stealth bomber during the 2023 Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Colorado on Tuesday.
The B-21 Raider first debuted in early December during a tightly controlled ceremony in California. The next-generation aircraft has been in secret development for years and is the United States’ first new stealth bomber in more than three decades.
The latest model is part of the Pentagon’s efforts to modernize all three legs of its nuclear triad, which includes silo-launched nuclear ballistic missiles and submarine-launched warheads, as it shifts from the counterterrorism campaigns of recent decades to meet China’s rapid military modernization….