Great TH-cam video and channel, but I found the background music was a little too loud and distracting. I would strongly suggest you get rid of it altogether. I firmly believe that background music is distracting, annoying, and unnecessary (especially for educational or opinionated videos with lots of talking). I also believe that people want to hear you speak/get information/hear your opinions and not hear generic background music that doesn't really add anything useful and that people have to mentally filter out. Plus it will be one less thing you will have to do when making videos. Thank you for your consideration.
8:46 What is about the H-20, does it not come close to the abilities? Is he that sure, because he has espionage information to proove that? I guess he moved the scales to come to the conclusion.
@mgboltstwitch6921 Stealth planes become more detectable as they approach their targets and enter the intersections of multiple radars, there's no such thing as perfectly stealthy. And bombers are slow. If they're physically seen in the sky, it's easy to shoot them. If the opposite was true of anything I just said, fighters or multi role jets like the F-22 and the F-35 would've never existed.
@@mgboltstwitch6921stealth doesn’t mean plane is invisible, it still can be tracked using low frequency dual band radars, it still have IR signature, ofc the visuals.
10:29 to everyone, that's confused about the 203 billion dollar evaluation. You're going to understand that it's over 30 years which includes maintenance and costs,
This are the same people who freak out about the cost of f35 being over 1.5T but don't know it includes all the maintenance and support for the f35 life time. Also the US didn't spend 1.5T others countries also foot in the bill
I don't think this comment is right Are you serious that you think the B-21 can be manufactured and operated for at 30 years for only $200B? What do really think annual operating expenses will be over those 30 plus years? What do you think it costs to fly this aircraft per hour? Your math doesn't work out by a very, very long shot
@@conflictedthought1 Yea.. How dare people freak out about our Gov spending $1.5T on airplanes, since our healthcare system is great & vets are so well taken care of. We should be happy to pay $90,000 for $500 bearings, while tens of thousands of vets lay homeless, not getting the help they need because VA funding was cut. But hey, look at those pretty airplanes... & Enlighten me on how much our allies, that refuse to spend money on their own defense, footed of our $1.5T bill? What a joke.
@@zumabbar I'm not a huge fan of sports so I have a general disinterest in that topic, but every video I've seen from this channel, regardless of the topic (sports or otherwise), has been topnotch.
I don’t, I’m the type of guy who likes to watch anime as much as they love to play football, and this channel scratches that incredibly nieche itch for nerdy politics and sports. Keep on rocking brother
@@Frizzleman I dont think any American *myself included* contests that the government likes to have the biggest stick and knows how to swing it. Brutal truth is as much as I hate how my country spends its budget, Either party we vote for spends it the same way so no matter which way we vote nothing changes in terms of defense policy. I hope you know that a countries people doesn't equal the feeling of its government.
Yeahhh the US isn’t “playing offense”, it’s an empire. US foreign policy can best be compared to the machinations of organized crime. Except where the mob might dominate a neighborhood or a city, the mayonnaise mafia in control of the US has made a racket of the majority of the world
Crazy as it sounds. If you look at their budget they can actually afford both and still have money to spare. The U.S. is just stuck in a stupid self made either / or situation
In the US, corporations and billionaires have bought the politicians, so they set policy. Military Industrial wants these planes. The healthcare corporations like things the way they are. Couldn't really call it a democracy anymore.
The B21 is actually a fairly bargain deal for such a prestigious aircraft. They’re actually coming in under budget and on time, which is the exact opposite of how the F35’s development took place. $700m for a stealth bomber is a good price when you consider a Boeing 787 is almost $250m
@@shakiMiki Bud, America entered the global hegemony game centuries ago. We’re stuck in a global chess match. What do you suggest? Focus on Americans and move towards isolationism? If that’s your desire or goal, then what’s your plan to off-ramp from the global stage? How do we ensure our economic powerhouse if we aren’t globally present? How do we stop ourselves from being subjugated by Russia or China, who both desire the power the US currently has. People who make the argument you’re making are generally passionate, moral finger waggers, who are both ignorant and naive to the nature of reality we find ourselves in.
@@shakiMikimany of those ppl in America has a chance to change there lives everyday. Ik America is worse off than before but being broke in America is far better than being broke in almost every other country
@@shakiMiki if it bothers you so much why don't you move to China or Russia? I agree with your sentiment, the decline we are seeing right now is not good, but that is what people voted for, and military spending is not optional, so when the elected politicians are utterly incompetent then the budget cuts affect the people, not the military. If you want to cut military spending then you're giving the likes of China the green light to invade, and trust me, communism is infinitely worse than the free market. Communism doesn't cut welfare and public spending simply because there is no welfare and public spending. So if you don't like it, I suggest you move to a country with less military spending so that you can understand why its important in the first place.
Something that might be useful to mention is that bombers in modern US doctrine act more as mobile cruise missile platforms, rather than traditional bombers. B-52s are completely non-survivable in a modern conflict, but if you mount air-launched cruise missiles on them, that becomes a lot less of a problems. Some ALCMs have ranges of over 1,000km and newer ones themselves even have stealth features. You can essentially fire cruise missiles from outside detection range, and the launching aircraft or missiles can be stealthy themselves.
Yes. They have also developed the ability to launch multiple missiles and even EW missiles by dropping a pallet of them off the back and then using a parracute to then drop many of them out of the pallet. A few planes with multiple pallets is going to creates LOTS of targets for their radars.
0:08 "This mysterious airplane took flight for the first time". And at least a dozen people who saw it added one more "UFO" to their list of sightings. "I'm telling y'all, I saw it with my own two eyes! That ain't no airplane!"
All a UFO is, is an Unidentified Flying Object, so if anything in the sky hasn't been identified by the viewer, it is a UFO. So if someone saw this in the sky and didn't know what it was, then it is a UFO.
@@antonpavlov9019 I’m sure the 500k+ dead Russians wish they had their own NG😹 but you already knew that Ivan. Congrats on the tactical shovels and the cope cages tho Mr.#2militaryinZaWrld!
@@abba-Flammenfresser I'm from Ukraine actually, but I don't find anything funny in the fact that people are dying. I wish you never find out how it is be a citizen of a country at war
Think about it. If war ever breaks out with the country that has the most advanced defense, you already want to know how to beat it. This goes for same countries to the US but they just dont have the money nor power
If you can’t penetrate another country’s increasingly sophisticated air defenses - especially for a projecting superpower like the United States - then it is considered a national security risk, because you can’t operate with any MAD-like doctrine, and are just stuck with defending against [example nation]. If you can’t attack targets reliably, then… yeah.
It is crazy, but it also make the most sense if we take mutually assured destruction into account. The guarantee that you won't get nuked is your capacity to nuke back. So another country's air defense is actually a big threat.
What make US today is its geolocation, it's so far away and so big to get invade. They know this ofcourse and only building such bombers to use them somewhere else to destroy any threat against their interest.
Do one on Poland. Hear me out: A once major power in Europe got taken off the map for over 100years, then subjugated for a long time until its people deposed communist rule. Now they are on track to be Europe’s largest land army as they defend NATO on its eastern flank. Theyre proud of national hero’s like pope John Paul, Copernicus, Chopin, Mary Curie, jozef pilsudski, Witold Pilecki (the guy that broke into and back out of Auschwitz to provide intelligence to the Polish govt in exile). They tried to form a regional block called Intermarium during the interwar period and they may be trying to do that again.
I'd love to see Poland dial down the nationalism and right-wing oriented politics. They could replace France and Germany as the leading force in europe in the long run.
Yes, but A the USSR is no more B the EU are more like them nowadays and C Poland gets the most money from the EU yet "hates them" If you hate them sooooooooo much? LEAVE THEN, do what we did. But they won't because they're hypocrites 😊
@@hordegaming4771 i take it, that you're from the UK. If so: from what news comes across the channel, it doesn't look like the population actually benefited from Brexit or is actually happy about the outcome. I don't see how that counts as a success story for other countries to follow.
@@Mexalen81 8 years of shameless corruption and propaganda by conservatives, people had enough. Opposition managed to gather centrists, liberals, leftists in huge compromise. 74% voter turnout. People won voting against previous gov. Nobody in Europe listened us when Russia started war in Georgia and years later in Donbas and Crimea. Unfortunately due to internal policies and years of negligence, Poland wake up too late with army spending. ~80% of Poles are in favour of EU. Don’t get distracted by loud minority.
I'm all for thinking ahead for situations that can honestly impact national security. But I REALLY wish they thought ahead when it also came to healthcare, education, infrastructure and the everyday working person.
In all fairness that is the job of your state, not the Federal government, constitutionally speaking, unless legally the feds can do almost anything under the pretense of the general welfare clause.
@@randus7053 Uh, I’m sorry? It quite is the job of the federal government. They need to be investing in the country. That’s why everything is falling apart.
@@randus7053 States cannot optimally implement many policies because they are forced to have free trade and movement with other states. So federal intervention is very much necessary.
@@Flightman453- No, it isn’t falling apart at all. Have you looked at our economic data compared to peer nations? We are doing better than pretty much all of Europe. The NHS in Britain is falling apart while we are responsible for 50 percent of all global new drug discoveries. We have onshored things like chip production and given heavy tax breaks for things like green energy. This has drawn a lot of companies from Europe to the US. We spend nearly the most out of the world on education. What I suspect you mean is that you want more free services (well, free to you) provided by the federal government. It is almost a constant in young people, they think it is just as simple as having the government provide everything and the world would be so much better! It doesn’t work like that at all. We are doing very well right now, this country is not collapsing in the slightest.
Btw there is a bomber vs fighter lobby and old vs new guard in the pentagon . The reality is you kinda need everything in order to be diverse enough to adopt whenever we enter a war and find out what does and doesn’t work
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Those are two different philosophies for two very much distinct situations by two different players. Making a comparison as simple as that is pretty much pointless... Unless this is a joke and I don't have a good sense of humor... that too.
The B52 is not just a bomber for undefended targets. The main purpose of a B52 is to launch extremely long range standoff missiles that can be launched far outside enemy air defences. The same goes for the B1 Lancer.
As said above: R&D... But I believe that the costs of the planes that are made first is way higher than those following it (in principle). They should be constantly tested, modified and well maintained, which implies new infrastructure being build. Plus the production and assembly is much more costly at first as it's inefficient. I think the 200 Billion is the expected price of all the endeavor, while the 700 Million is the ultimate price of the planes without considering all the caveats. Maybe, I'm not a millitary expert...
Unit price vs life cycle cost of the program. The 700m is the cost of purchasing the aircraft. The 200B is the projected cost of running the entire program over however many years its planned on operating for, including fuel, parts, salaries, ammunition ect. It's like say buying a car for 20k, but over the 5 years you own it, you'll pay additional money to insure, run, maintain, ans upgrade it, overall coming to a cost much more than the original 20k you bought it for
@@shaneben8745I always hated how people talk about what it “costs” and used that as a way to protest a military program. They include everything yet we never do it for a building. It’s called upkeep/running costs. It’s odd to me. everything you said it true.
Imagine the amount of spending that could be prevented if humans weren’t hardwired to fight wars for economic, religious, political, ideological, etc… reasons.
@@daviecrocket9160 It goes way beyond Islam. It's about De-training people from Worshipping, Comparing to, and Ridiculing others. Basically : Let go of Competition. and start to embrace Cooperation. In ancient times "Cheap labour" was created by enslaving people. Do you want that, to become "Competetive" again?
Well, the American defense budget is 10% of all federal spending. So if you were able to get rid of the military entirely, you're really only saving 10%. It wouldn't even be enough to fund this universal healthcare everyone wants
@@daviecrocket9160 wooooow how pathetic is the comment?! what was the USA doing around the world, in the middle east for decades?! Irac, Syria, Vietnam..... all those useless wars for nothing at all!
@@1ycan-eu9ji, that's the Navy, and they've been "touched in the head" for far too long. They got high on their own supply of BS thinking they're the best and can't be defeated ever, they, like the other branches as well as our government and populace need to wake up and deal with reality.
Stealth doesn't mean it can't be seen at all. Stealth is low observable, meaning hard to detect & very hard to track. but low frequency radars can see stealth at a sufficient range to send interceptors.
Here’s an idea, design a program to analyze insect and bird flight patterns using AI and compare it to jets/bombers. Use it in conjunction with existing radar technology and there you go stealth technology obsolete. I read somewhere that radar picks up everything there’s nothing truly invisible. It’s just programmed to pick up on larger objects
you can't just use the word AI and expect it to advance exponentially 🤦♂️ these things carry bombs and use advanced coating, why would we go back to copying birds
There are way less than 62 operational B1-B. They are broke more often than not. It is also the most expensive aircraft to operate per hour in the Air Force.
You're the best Sam! Thank you as always for new episodes of Search Party (and lest we forget Vox's Atlas.. you should be really proud of that series - I looked forward to every video and throughly loved them). Ty again Sam.
I see a lot of people complaining about this money not going towards infrastructure and schools etc etc Thowing money at problems isnt as effective in those fields as it is in the military typically. If they really need a new bomber, they can just print a few billion dollars and it gets done... If they however as an example need to replace the bridge to my south that they said needed replacing 30 years ago, they will spend 20 years in court debating whether its necessary, whether its going to be harmful to the weather, whether the slugs in that area are allergic to concrete etc etc etc Same goes for the schools. Its not a money problem. Ballou High School in Washington DC for example, in 2022-2023, the school had a chronic truancy rate of 88.5%, meaning 88.5% of the students missed at minimum 30% of the school year, minimum. Yet the schools graduation rate was 70%. How did 88.5% of the class get marked absent most of the school year and 70% of them still graduate? To fix stuff like that, money isnt going to help. The school isnt dilapidated and falling apart, and the students arent missing school to go to work the fields or the coal mines, you'd have to send in the national guard, confiscate peoples kids and put them in boarding schools, away from terrible parents and use state discipline. Good luck with that.
Missing school for enough days will get child protective services called to the house and if they view the situation as unfit for a child they will take the child away. So yes that is the solution sadly, there’s consequences for a reason, when threatening them doesn’t work you have to enforce said consequences.
This is such an uninformed view. Throwing money actually would help a lot of issues in this country from education to healthcare to infrastructure. Fun fact, infrastructure improvements can happen very quickly with money and political will but it doesn’t because those who benefit the most from it aren’t the ones making the decisions.
@@almightysosa3007 Theoretically its supposed to work like that. But in reality that system doesnt function the way its supposed to The parents take no part in their education, and even when CPS shows up, the kids are out on the street doing whatever they're doing. Cant take the child away if the child isnt home. And somehow they still graduate high school, despite half of the adult American population reading at or below a 4th grade level.
“We just don’t have the budget to address homelessness in all major cities right now, we are working closely with local officials to come up with solutions”
Usually when people use the word "propaganda" they are referring to something that is trying to trick the viewer into believing something. Propagandists don't typically give a clear message.
The message is clear from the defense department and industry. Unlike Johnny Harris, Search Party basically never tells us their opinions and leaves the viewers to decide on the facts themselves. That’s called journalism.
@@TheCrouchingZebra NO, their responsability is to make Profits. It's The value of Money over the value ofpeople. Capitalism in a nutshell. Even before USA claimed to be it's sole Servant.
Not only is the B-21 an absolute steal at that price, but the F-35 is fully cost-competitive with other, non-stealth tactical aircraft. US airo manufacturers are stepping up to the plate. I wonder if they'll export though?
Very well done, thoroughly enjoyed watching. One small critic, at 1:40 a picture of a a P-40 fighter is flashed on screen and labeled as a P-51 mustang.
@@fivetimesyo The United States understates its capabilities every time they talk about a defense article. "This thing can go x miles per hour with a range of y nautical miles. I won't tell you what the max is though. If I do, I'm lying. It can do better."
Continuing the upcoming sports subject that you mentioned, you should consider covering the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The most elusive trophy in all of sports! And this year they've been insane so far it has everything from compelling stories, bad officiating, intense rivalries, miraculous saves, shots, hits and of course fights!
The B-21 program is under budget, ahead of schedule, and on a fixed price contract. Literally the one military program that went well budget-wise and people still spout nonsense like this about it.
also the 200B apparent immediate price tag is not an actual immediate price tag, and is basically the cost of the B-21 Program over its projected lifetime. That includes maintenance, training, weapons, replacement parts, etcetera…
It is the same with the 1.5 Trillion*** dollar price tag with the F-35 Program. That is over its massive projected service lifespan (50+ years) which includes software updates, maintenance, training, and everything else…
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” - MLK
Honestly just leave out the sports bit man, calling Jos Verstappen an f1 legend was a bit weird. I love the advanced warcraft technologies or cyber security and electronic warfare, man. All the best!
Saying that they are used for U.S. Defense distracts from the fact that we’ve never been in a defensive war. This is for world domination and control not defense
@@TodosthememeThis self flaggulation is disgsting and the definition of weakness. You know what they say, good times creats weak men and you're weak. I'm proud of our military and hegemony.
Sam Ellis is god tier when it comes down to map animations and map aesthetics. When people talk about the so called Vox or Johnny Harris map style then what they actually mean is this guy's work.
I think production of the B-21 could be a lot larger than people think. We could see as many as 200 planes built because even with the B-52 modernization program, the B-52 is beginning to be vulnerable to a new generation of very long range air-to-air missiles that could attack a plane as far as 400 km (248 miles) away.
That's why the next generation of stealth bomber is already being designed. These things take 15-20 years to go from concept to design to funding to development. There are also many phases and variants of the B21 Raider to incorporate new systems to deal with new threats as best as they can. For example, with the F35, they started being delivered about 10 years ago with the first block, but newer blocks of upgraded F35s are still being delivered. And the contract was won by Lockheed Martin in 2001. The concept and design phase was back in the early to mid 1990s.
isn't it $70 billion? $700 million each * 100 planes = $70 billion. You said $203 billion. If they buy 290 planes, then the math is correct. But they are buying 100.
People are dismissing this bomber as just a cheaper more modern B-2. NO. This thing has a lot of "special sauce" in every aspect of it's performance. The only thing that is more mundane will be it's engines, until the Adaptive engines become available.
I think the distinction between a fighter and a bomber is becoming semantic. Both are becoming stealth aircraft predominantly both can fire from more than 100 miles from the target. Both can hit air or ground targets. Yes fighters are fast but if you plan well the speed is not the most important thing.
We definitely do need it. It's a gamechanger in multiple ways tho more so than a traditional bomber. It's a stealthy sensor platform which translates into an intelligence collector and a targeting node. Also, from a logistical point of view it can operate in theater because the coating of the aircraft isn't as sensitive to the environment and doesn't require as much up keep. We need this plane!
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Great TH-cam video and channel, but I found the background music was a little too loud and distracting. I would strongly suggest you get rid of it altogether. I firmly believe that background music is distracting, annoying, and unnecessary (especially for educational or opinionated videos with lots of talking). I also believe that people want to hear you speak/get information/hear your opinions and not hear generic background music that doesn't really add anything useful and that people have to mentally filter out. Plus it will be one less thing you will have to do when making videos. Thank you for your consideration.
8:46 What is about the H-20, does it not come close to the abilities? Is he that sure, because he has espionage information to proove that?
I guess he moved the scales to come to the conclusion.
I'm amaze that it's cheaper then the Northrop B-2 Spirit
My father is retired USAF he had a saying: Fighters are propaganda Bombers set national policy.
Heh. Though I guess you also can't use your bombers if the air space is contested, so fighters are important too.
@@CouncilOfTheWolf STEALTH BOMBER honestly no idea
@mgboltstwitch6921 Stealth planes become more detectable as they approach their targets and enter the intersections of multiple radars, there's no such thing as perfectly stealthy. And bombers are slow. If they're physically seen in the sky, it's easy to shoot them. If the opposite was true of anything I just said, fighters or multi role jets like the F-22 and the F-35 would've never existed.
@@mgboltstwitch6921stealth doesn’t mean plane is invisible, it still can be tracked using low frequency dual band radars, it still have IR signature, ofc the visuals.
@@RaNc0R Yea Ukraine and Houthi's have called old assumptions into question, no doubt this applies with this one as well.
10:29 to everyone, that's confused about the 203 billion dollar evaluation. You're going to understand that it's over 30 years which includes maintenance and costs,
This are the same people who freak out about the cost of f35 being over 1.5T but don't know it includes all the maintenance and support for the f35 life time. Also the US didn't spend 1.5T others countries also foot in the bill
@@conflictedthought1not to mention that 1.5 trillion also include the technological upgrades that it will receive over its 50+ year service life
I don't think this comment is right Are you serious that you think the B-21 can be manufactured and operated for at 30 years for only $200B? What do really think annual operating expenses will be over those 30 plus years? What do you think it costs to fly this aircraft per hour?
Your math doesn't work out by a very, very long shot
@@conflictedthought1 Yea.. How dare people freak out about our Gov spending $1.5T on airplanes, since our healthcare system is great & vets are so well taken care of. We should be happy to pay $90,000 for $500 bearings, while tens of thousands of vets lay homeless, not getting the help they need because VA funding was cut. But hey, look at those pretty airplanes...
& Enlighten me on how much our allies, that refuse to spend money on their own defense, footed of our $1.5T bill? What a joke.
@@conflictedthought1 dude thats still a fucking crazy amount tho
I honestly prefer the geopolitical stories over the sports stories.
Yeah mee too
i prefer both since sports are often also political
@@zumabbar I'm not a huge fan of sports so I have a general disinterest in that topic, but every video I've seen from this channel, regardless of the topic (sports or otherwise), has been topnotch.
I don’t, I’m the type of guy who likes to watch anime as much as they love to play football, and this channel scratches that incredibly nieche itch for nerdy politics and sports. Keep on rocking brother
This is also good segment
As a pilot, we are playing offense, not defense
The best defense is offense
So you admit to being a warmongering empire?
@@Frizzleman I dont think any American *myself included* contests that the government likes to have the biggest stick and knows how to swing it. Brutal truth is as much as I hate how my country spends its budget, Either party we vote for spends it the same way so no matter which way we vote nothing changes in terms of defense policy. I hope you know that a countries people doesn't equal the feeling of its government.
You must be a tree-hugging pacifist. I guess you never heard of shock and awe.
Yeahhh the US isn’t “playing offense”, it’s an empire. US foreign policy can best be compared to the machinations of organized crime. Except where the mob might dominate a neighborhood or a city, the mayonnaise mafia in control of the US has made a racket of the majority of the world
The actual reason why they don't have universal healthcare 💀
Nah, not really
Crazy as it sounds. If you look at their budget they can actually afford both and still have money to spare. The U.S. is just stuck in a stupid self made either / or situation
@@Thisisntreal103was about to say this
In the US, corporations and billionaires have bought the politicians, so they set policy. Military Industrial wants these planes. The healthcare corporations like things the way they are.
Couldn't really call it a democracy anymore.
The real reason we don’t have Global Tierney
The B21 is actually a fairly bargain deal for such a prestigious aircraft. They’re actually coming in under budget and on time, which is the exact opposite of how the F35’s development took place. $700m for a stealth bomber is a good price when you consider a Boeing 787 is almost $250m
A country where life expectancy is falling, people go hungry & many do not have access to health care. Yeah a bargain.
@@shakiMiki Bud, America entered the global hegemony game centuries ago. We’re stuck in a global chess match. What do you suggest? Focus on Americans and move towards isolationism? If that’s your desire or goal, then what’s your plan to off-ramp from the global stage? How do we ensure our economic powerhouse if we aren’t globally present? How do we stop ourselves from being subjugated by Russia or China, who both desire the power the US currently has.
People who make the argument you’re making are generally passionate, moral finger waggers, who are both ignorant and naive to the nature of reality we find ourselves in.
@@shakiMiki honestly could be worse compared to what other countries are doing. Not the best but not the worst
@@shakiMikimany of those ppl in America has a chance to change there lives everyday. Ik America is worse off than before but being broke in America is far better than being broke in almost every other country
@@shakiMiki if it bothers you so much why don't you move to China or Russia?
I agree with your sentiment, the decline we are seeing right now is not good, but that is what people voted for, and military spending is not optional, so when the elected politicians are utterly incompetent then the budget cuts affect the people, not the military.
If you want to cut military spending then you're giving the likes of China the green light to invade, and trust me, communism is infinitely worse than the free market. Communism doesn't cut welfare and public spending simply because there is no welfare and public spending.
So if you don't like it, I suggest you move to a country with less military spending so that you can understand why its important in the first place.
Something that might be useful to mention is that bombers in modern US doctrine act more as mobile cruise missile platforms, rather than traditional bombers. B-52s are completely non-survivable in a modern conflict, but if you mount air-launched cruise missiles on them, that becomes a lot less of a problems. Some ALCMs have ranges of over 1,000km and newer ones themselves even have stealth features. You can essentially fire cruise missiles from outside detection range, and the launching aircraft or missiles can be stealthy themselves.
Yes. They have also developed the ability to launch multiple missiles and even EW missiles by dropping a pallet of them off the back and then using a parracute to then drop many of them out of the pallet. A few planes with multiple pallets is going to creates LOTS of targets for their radars.
Would it be a more efficient way of launching glide-missiles for re-entry?
Can you mount enough cruise missiles on a stealth bomber though ?
0:08 "This mysterious airplane took flight for the first time".
And at least a dozen people who saw it added one more "UFO" to their list of sightings. "I'm telling y'all, I saw it with my own two eyes! That ain't no airplane!"
Was about to say the same. Isn't that the flying saucer ??
All a UFO is, is an Unidentified Flying Object, so if anything in the sky hasn't been identified by the viewer, it is a UFO. So if someone saw this in the sky and didn't know what it was, then it is a UFO.
wouldn't be surprised if a portion of UFO sightings was just the nation's air force testing out their newest toy
This kind of shape is around since the reveal of B-2A...😜🤣
The good thing is, nobody believes in "Believers"! Soo, Area 51, keep going!😉😎👍
"The B-21 is clearly inspired by the B-2" Probably because they were both made by Northrop Grumman? LOL
Please name the defense companies involved, in this case, it's Northrop Grumman.
Probably they had to sponsor the video for that lol
@@antonpavlov9019 I’m sure the 500k+ dead Russians wish they had their own NG😹 but you already knew that Ivan. Congrats on the tactical shovels and the cope cages tho Mr.#2militaryinZaWrld!
@@abba-Flammenfresser I'm from Ukraine actually, but I don't find anything funny in the fact that people are dying. I wish you never find out how it is be a citizen of a country at war
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Considering another country’s strong air defense as a national security threat is kinda crazy if you think about it…
It really is yes, and no one has mentioned it in the comments so far
Thats how winners stay ahead tbh. If you dont consider all potential threats youll just fall
Think about it. If war ever breaks out with the country that has the most advanced defense, you already want to know how to beat it.
This goes for same countries to the US but they just dont have the money nor power
If you can’t penetrate another country’s increasingly sophisticated air defenses - especially for a projecting superpower like the United States - then it is considered a national security risk, because you can’t operate with any MAD-like doctrine, and are just stuck with defending against [example nation]. If you can’t attack targets reliably, then… yeah.
It is crazy, but it also make the most sense if we take mutually assured destruction into account. The guarantee that you won't get nuked is your capacity to nuke back. So another country's air defense is actually a big threat.
As expensive as these might be- this is the kind of technology that made America what it is today.
LOL, you are not wrong about that. But i think you should take a good look around, and see, just HOW SCARED people are.
Terror nation Nr.1
What make US today is its geolocation, it's so far away and so big to get invade.
They know this ofcourse and only building such bombers to use them somewhere else to destroy any threat against their interest.
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Deluded? How is this the thing that beats China if we can’t even produce bombs to drop
Do one on Poland. Hear me out:
A once major power in Europe got taken off the map for over 100years, then subjugated for a long time until its people deposed communist rule.
Now they are on track to be Europe’s largest land army as they defend NATO on its eastern flank. Theyre proud of national hero’s like pope John Paul, Copernicus, Chopin, Mary Curie, jozef pilsudski, Witold Pilecki (the guy that broke into and back out of Auschwitz to provide intelligence to the Polish govt in exile).
They tried to form a regional block called Intermarium during the interwar period and they may be trying to do that again.
I'd love to see Poland dial down the nationalism and right-wing oriented politics. They could replace France and Germany as the leading force in europe in the long run.
Yes, but A the USSR is no more B the EU are more like them nowadays and C Poland gets the most money from the EU yet "hates them"
If you hate them sooooooooo much? LEAVE THEN, do what we did. But they won't because they're hypocrites 😊
@@hordegaming4771 I agree, they should leave EU behind.
@@hordegaming4771 i take it, that you're from the UK.
If so: from what news comes across the channel, it doesn't look like the population actually benefited from Brexit or is actually happy about the outcome.
I don't see how that counts as a success story for other countries to follow.
@@Mexalen81 8 years of shameless corruption and propaganda by conservatives, people had enough. Opposition managed to gather centrists, liberals, leftists in huge compromise. 74% voter turnout. People won voting against previous gov.
Nobody in Europe listened us when Russia started war in Georgia and years later in Donbas and Crimea. Unfortunately due to internal policies and years of negligence, Poland wake up too late with army spending.
~80% of Poles are in favour of EU. Don’t get distracted by loud minority.
It's always a good day when Search Party uploads!
I'm all for thinking ahead for situations that can honestly impact national security. But I REALLY wish they thought ahead when it also came to healthcare, education, infrastructure and the everyday working person.
In all fairness that is the job of your state, not the Federal government, constitutionally speaking, unless legally the feds can do almost anything under the pretense of the general welfare clause.
Seriously like I’m all for helping out allies and everything but I’m sure we’re all familiar with how you have to put on your own oxygen mask first?
@@randus7053 Uh, I’m sorry? It quite is the job of the federal government. They need to be investing in the country. That’s why everything is falling apart.
@@randus7053 States cannot optimally implement many policies because they are forced to have free trade and movement with other states. So federal intervention is very much necessary.
@@Flightman453- No, it isn’t falling apart at all. Have you looked at our economic data compared to peer nations? We are doing better than pretty much all of Europe. The NHS in Britain is falling apart while we are responsible for 50 percent of all global new drug discoveries. We have onshored things like chip production and given heavy tax breaks for things like green energy. This has drawn a lot of companies from Europe to the US. We spend nearly the most out of the world on education. What I suspect you mean is that you want more free services (well, free to you) provided by the federal government. It is almost a constant in young people, they think it is just as simple as having the government provide everything and the world would be so much better! It doesn’t work like that at all. We are doing very well right now, this country is not collapsing in the slightest.
Really love the style of these videos, they remind me of Explained on Netflix. Keep it up guys!
This production is insane, well done! Deserve more subs definitely
Looking forward to the Euro 2024 video. Should be a good tournament this year!
Talking about Euro huh? I wonder if this channel going to talk about Eurovision too. It's, kinda, sport and geopolitical.
Its hard to believe that its that’s stealthy that even modern air defenses will not detect it
i guess you only need lay a few seeds of doubt for a short amount of time for it to be an affective killing machine.
Always interesting topics, great quality and well produced. Wouldn't mind more frequent videos, haha. Thanks and keep it up!
we're publishing every 2 weeks this summer!
B-21 is a smooth program, because it is basically improved F-35 technology in a large airframe.
A 737 is 300m so paying twice the price is not that crazy
every single intro of this guy gives me chills, what in the world?
2:20 Sonar sound. Radar emits electromagnetic waves. But I imagine it was a creative choice.
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We got sherlock holmes in here
Btw there is a bomber vs fighter lobby and old vs new guard in the pentagon . The reality is you kinda need everything in order to be diverse enough to adopt whenever we enter a war and find out what does and doesn’t work
The fact that the Raider is being talked about, only mean there’s something scarier in the shadows, lurking, buying it’s time until it goes DOWN!
Always interesting topic, well crafted storytelling and production. 👍🏻
It looks so sick. Cant wait until they declassify this and F35 in 50 years so my jaw drops
These are TH-cam/military who know where the secret airframes are buried. After watching these channels for a couple days, your head will spin! I get amazed every day learning about War-Tech. Please look up, F-35, F-22 Raptor, and RADAR. 🖤 www.youtube.com/@SandboxxApp www.youtube.com/@DefenseUpdates/videos
Ready for some Foot-in mouth then?
"worlds only stealth bomber"
F-117 - "what am i"
Retired for over a decade lol
A fighter that doesn’t fight, used for bombing when only carrying 2 bombs
This video seems dated. The displayed video date is May 16, 2024 but what is the actual date?
@1:40 caption says P-51, image says P-40
meanwhile Russia is sending in meatwaves on top of chinese golf carts to the front line
And winning...
Those are two different philosophies for two very much distinct situations by two different players. Making a comparison as simple as that is pretty much pointless...
Unless this is a joke and I don't have a good sense of humor... that too.
@@fivetimesyo Winning against homemade Ukraine drones 💀
Well one side is obviously winning against the other which is supported by multiple countries
@@fivetimesyo I mean yeah they have a population 4x bigger...
The B52 is not just a bomber for undefended targets. The main purpose of a B52 is to launch extremely long range standoff missiles that can be launched far outside enemy air defences. The same goes for the B1 Lancer.
Maybe I’m missing something but how does 100 planes times $700M per plane come to $203B?
R&D costs before they actually start producing the actual planes.
As said above: R&D...
But I believe that the costs of the planes that are made first is way higher than those following it (in principle). They should be constantly tested, modified and well maintained, which implies new infrastructure being build.
Plus the production and assembly is much more costly at first as it's inefficient.
I think the 200 Billion is the expected price of all the endeavor, while the 700 Million is the ultimate price of the planes without considering all the caveats.
Maybe, I'm not a millitary expert...
Unit price vs life cycle cost of the program. The 700m is the cost of purchasing the aircraft. The 200B is the projected cost of running the entire program over however many years its planned on operating for, including fuel, parts, salaries, ammunition ect. It's like say buying a car for 20k, but over the 5 years you own it, you'll pay additional money to insure, run, maintain, ans upgrade it, overall coming to a cost much more than the original 20k you bought it for
@@shaneben8745I always hated how people talk about what it “costs” and used that as a way to protest a military program. They include everything yet we never do it for a building. It’s called upkeep/running costs. It’s odd to me. everything you said it true.
R&D costs,adjusting facilities,maintenance
i love the intro
Imagine the amount of spending that could be prevented if humans weren’t hardwired to fight wars for economic, religious, political, ideological, etc… reasons.
That's a world without islam
@@daviecrocket9160 It goes way beyond Islam. It's about De-training people from Worshipping, Comparing to, and Ridiculing others. Basically : Let go of Competition. and start to embrace Cooperation. In ancient times "Cheap labour" was created by enslaving people. Do you want that, to become "Competetive" again?
Humans are not wired to fight but USA is.
Well, the American defense budget is 10% of all federal spending. So if you were able to get rid of the military entirely, you're really only saving 10%. It wouldn't even be enough to fund this universal healthcare everyone wants
@@daviecrocket9160 wooooow how pathetic is the comment?! what was the USA doing around the world, in the middle east for decades?! Irac, Syria, Vietnam..... all those useless wars for nothing at all!
Search Party is amazing 🎉
Can't wait to see the upcoming videos 🙌
That money is NOT a risk. This design will work. Everything that we have designed in the last ten years works as planned.
Just like the Zumwalt, oh wait
Besides the helicopter
@@1ycan-eu9ji Zumwalt was designed way more than 10 years ago
@@1ycan-eu9ji, that's the Navy, and they've been "touched in the head" for far too long. They got high on their own supply of BS thinking they're the best and can't be defeated ever, they, like the other branches as well as our government and populace need to wake up and deal with reality.
@@2goober4u The point was it failed and wasted billions of dollars.
Fantastic piece of journalism...y'all
are crushing it!!!
This is poor journalism since they don't give us options to choose from or encourage us to think on our own, but they give us the answer instead
Stealth doesn't mean it can't be seen at all.
Stealth is low observable, meaning hard to detect & very hard to track.
but low frequency radars can see stealth at a sufficient range to send interceptors.
10:20 this is how a 9 year old imagines stealth in a plane 😂😂😂
Let’s not forget how the 35s price per unit has dropped and is now the most produced and used gen5 fighter
Here’s an idea, design a program to analyze insect and bird flight patterns using AI and compare it to jets/bombers. Use it in conjunction with existing radar technology and there you go stealth technology obsolete. I read somewhere that radar picks up everything there’s nothing truly invisible. It’s just programmed to pick up on larger objects
Really good idea.
that's why we still use SEAD and EW systems
you can't just use the word AI and expect it to advance exponentially 🤦♂️ these things carry bombs and use advanced coating, why would we go back to copying birds
This is a disgusting us of money, the USA infrastructure is falling apart and people are broke.
There are way less than 62 operational B1-B. They are broke more often than not. It is also the most expensive aircraft to operate per hour in the Air Force.
They look phenomenal though, it's a shame we never built the Valkyrie for purely aesthetic reasons.
@@chriskerwin3904the look phenomenal? 😂
You're the best Sam! Thank you as always for new episodes of Search Party (and lest we forget Vox's Atlas.. you should be really proud of that series - I looked forward to every video and throughly loved them). Ty again Sam.
I see a lot of people complaining about this money not going towards infrastructure and schools etc etc
Thowing money at problems isnt as effective in those fields as it is in the military typically. If they really need a new bomber, they can just print a few billion dollars and it gets done...
If they however as an example need to replace the bridge to my south that they said needed replacing 30 years ago, they will spend 20 years in court debating whether its necessary, whether its going to be harmful to the weather, whether the slugs in that area are allergic to concrete etc etc etc
Same goes for the schools. Its not a money problem. Ballou High School in Washington DC for example, in 2022-2023, the school had a chronic truancy rate of 88.5%, meaning 88.5% of the students missed at minimum 30% of the school year, minimum. Yet the schools graduation rate was 70%. How did 88.5% of the class get marked absent most of the school year and 70% of them still graduate?
To fix stuff like that, money isnt going to help. The school isnt dilapidated and falling apart, and the students arent missing school to go to work the fields or the coal mines, you'd have to send in the national guard, confiscate peoples kids and put them in boarding schools, away from terrible parents and use state discipline. Good luck with that.
We got so many shitty people who don’t want to take proper care of their kids these days. It’s really sad to see.
Missing school for enough days will get child protective services called to the house and if they view the situation as unfit for a child they will take the child away. So yes that is the solution sadly, there’s consequences for a reason, when threatening them doesn’t work you have to enforce said consequences.
This is such an uninformed view. Throwing money actually would help a lot of issues in this country from education to healthcare to infrastructure. Fun fact, infrastructure improvements can happen very quickly with money and political will but it doesn’t because those who benefit the most from it aren’t the ones making the decisions.
@@almightysosa3007 Theoretically its supposed to work like that. But in reality that system doesnt function the way its supposed to
The parents take no part in their education, and even when CPS shows up, the kids are out on the street doing whatever they're doing. Cant take the child away if the child isnt home.
And somehow they still graduate high school, despite half of the adult American population reading at or below a 4th grade level.
What you failed to mention is that Ballou High School is 98% black.
A great man once said..
"Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy".
- Howard Stark
- Father of Tony Stark
“We just don’t have the budget to address homelessness in all major cities right now, we are working closely with local officials to come up with solutions”
I was told the same thing here in Florida! I wonder where all the money went....
So much money gets stolen and mismanaged for homelessness and addiction. California has 10’s of billions “lost” that was earmarked for it
Perhaps the trillions in healthcare spending that disappear into insurance companies might have something to do with that.
When it comes to the US, there is always money. The scarcity is in political will.
@@IndigoSierra Bingo! We care about insurance companies & health corporations, not people.
Good analysis.US is brilliant at being proactively strategic!
This video comes with a clear message: We need them. How is it different from propaganda?
So every time a conclusion ends with a clear note, its propaganda? Get your definitions right dude
@@ExTern-nl4ov when they call themselves journalists, but in fact they form a specific opinion, this is propaganda.
Usually when people use the word "propaganda" they are referring to something that is trying to trick the viewer into believing something. Propagandists don't typically give a clear message.
The lack of braincells is quite evident with this one.
The message is clear from the defense department and industry. Unlike Johnny Harris, Search Party basically never tells us their opinions and leaves the viewers to decide on the facts themselves. That’s called journalism.
“Every time and every where” made me rock hard ❤
absolutely excellent production quality. Great topic too.
It'll be the perfect weapon forever because since when has technology ever advanced or changed.
Mmm yes. A new Search Party video with my morning coffee. It's a good day!
Worth it. Love cool military tech
Ah yes, deterrence: the act of holding a gun to our heads and telling us we're safe
Talk about the tools and mechanics that keep things like tanks going
This country will do *anything* but give me healthcare 😢
The US spends more money on healthcare than the military
Just get a job looool it’s the responsibility of employers in this country
@@TheCrouchingZebra NO, their responsability is to make Profits. It's The value of Money over the value ofpeople. Capitalism in a nutshell. Even before USA claimed to be it's sole Servant.
@@Gunni1972 you want free healthcare but someone else to work for it… I get it.
And by the way… there literally is free healthcare
This vid came in clutch as I was about to eat dinner
4:00 "To defend itself", Bombers, especially stealth ones, are offensive weapons.
Offense is the best defense
Okay? Everything in the military is offensive weapons
That's the USA way.
Not only is the B-21 an absolute steal at that price, but the F-35 is fully cost-competitive with other, non-stealth tactical aircraft. US airo manufacturers are stepping up to the plate. I wonder if they'll export though?
Song from about 0:50?
$70,000 dollars is "too much," but now it's 92 MILLION. Car dependency is unreasonably expensive.
What I want is to be civilized and beyond war!
Tell that to the other guy 😅
That's bad for business.
@@thismanagain reality sucks 🤦♀️
@@SandyWolf- some have made it that way.
Very well done, thoroughly enjoyed watching. One small critic, at 1:40 a picture of a a P-40 fighter is flashed on screen and labeled as a P-51 mustang.
Deterrence? lol that’s more like threats!
Best defence is a good offence
@@woehr6you you admit the usa is a warmongering prick?
Great videos
If you can't speak softly while carrying a big stick then speak loudly and carry the biggest stick.
America doesn't understand the concept of speaking softly
@@fivetimesyo The United States understates its capabilities every time they talk about a defense article. "This thing can go x miles per hour with a range of y nautical miles. I won't tell you what the max is though. If I do, I'm lying. It can do better."
@@AnErrantPhoton Recuitment numbers and the Red Sea say otherwise, the specs are questionable and the stick is hollow.
@@churblefurbles How are recruitment numbers correlated with the capabilities of hardware? Also, the bark was worse than the bite in the Red Sea.
Speak Japanese and Carry a Katana 🗾
To frame an extremely expensive offensive weapon as a "need" is really something.
And that’s how war becomes a very profitable business to us companies.
Continuing the upcoming sports subject that you mentioned, you should consider covering the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The most elusive trophy in all of sports! And this year they've been insane so far it has everything from compelling stories, bad officiating, intense rivalries, miraculous saves, shots, hits and of course fights!
The Cost over-runs alone will be 200B🙄
The B-21 program is under budget, ahead of schedule, and on a fixed price contract.
Literally the one military program that went well budget-wise and people still spout nonsense like this about it.
also the 200B apparent immediate price tag is not an actual immediate price tag, and is basically the cost of the B-21 Program over its projected lifetime. That includes maintenance, training, weapons, replacement parts, etcetera…
It is the same with the 1.5 Trillion*** dollar price tag with the F-35 Program. That is over its massive projected service lifespan (50+ years) which includes software updates, maintenance, training, and everything else…
10:27 Your math seems off. 100 aircraft at $700 million each should be $70 billion
i think it's the maintenance cost
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” - MLK
Honestly just leave out the sports bit man, calling Jos Verstappen an f1 legend was a bit weird.
I love the advanced warcraft technologies or cyber security and electronic warfare, man. All the best!
It’s easy to waste other people’s money…..
All that effort into education and solving other issues would make murica such a happier place.
Saying that they are used for U.S. Defense distracts from the fact that we’ve never been in a defensive war. This is for world domination and control not defense
Guess WHY you have never been in a defensive war. Everyone is afraid of the US striking back.
Then you dont understand the art of war and lack foresight
@@diollinebranderson6553 war is peace said Orwell
@@diollinebranderson6553 world domination and control is defense Is your perspective
@@TodosthememeThis self flaggulation is disgsting and the definition of weakness. You know what they say, good times creats weak men and you're weak. I'm proud of our military and hegemony.
Is this Johnny Harris or what? Insane video
If you don't understand how this video is an advertisement for the defense industry then it was made for people just like you, so that worked out.
It's literally just explaining US air force doctrine to allow it to maintain its current position
Sam Ellis is god tier when it comes down to map animations and map aesthetics. When people talk about the so called Vox or Johnny Harris map style then what they actually mean is this guy's work.
The glazing is insane lmfao💀💀
Great, more useless posturing and military spending. God I’m so sick of this waste of money and time from our government.
Useless? To who? Don't like it move to europe for your socialist paradise
Commie propaganda bot 👆
@ I ain’t a bot bish
We were willing to pay more for the B1 almost 30 years ago
Imagine minding your own business and having an impenetrable air defense and the US considers that a national security risk
Well thats how you stay in the lead🤷♂️. If you wanna easily win a 1 km race, train for 10km
You clearly haven’t been minding your own business if you think you need impenetrable air defence
They wanna get into everything.
I think production of the B-21 could be a lot larger than people think. We could see as many as 200 planes built because even with the B-52 modernization program, the B-52 is beginning to be vulnerable to a new generation of very long range air-to-air missiles that could attack a plane as far as 400 km (248 miles) away.
That's why the next generation of stealth bomber is already being designed. These things take 15-20 years to go from concept to design to funding to development. There are also many phases and variants of the B21 Raider to incorporate new systems to deal with new threats as best as they can.
For example, with the F35, they started being delivered about 10 years ago with the first block, but newer blocks of upgraded F35s are still being delivered. And the contract was won by Lockheed Martin in 2001. The concept and design phase was back in the early to mid 1990s.
isn't it $70 billion? $700 million each * 100 planes = $70 billion. You said $203 billion. If they buy 290 planes, then the math is correct. But they are buying 100.
R and D costs added on
Total cost of operating them for their lifespan. Imagine buying a bicycle and running it for 50 years. You are going to buy some tubes and chains.
R&D and maintenance also contribute to the cost.
Basque Nationalism and its ties to Athletic Club Bilbao in La Liga is one of the coolest stories out there and I think would be a great video idea
This is why we have so many UFO sightings because planes like this exist for years or decades yet not released to the Public.
As a very determined person, i built my own stealth bomber in the shed. Good luck finding it 🎉
People are dismissing this bomber as just a cheaper more modern B-2. NO. This thing has a lot of "special sauce" in every aspect of it's performance. The only thing that is more mundane will be it's engines, until the Adaptive engines become available.
I think the distinction between a fighter and a bomber is becoming semantic. Both are becoming stealth aircraft predominantly both can fire from more than 100 miles from the target. Both can hit air or ground targets. Yes fighters are fast but if you plan well the speed is not the most important thing.
loving your channel. thanks!
I never really thought about it but radar is a very defensive posture where as a stealth plane is somewhat threatening by nature
We definitely do need it. It's a gamechanger in multiple ways tho more so than a traditional bomber. It's a stealthy sensor platform which translates into an intelligence collector and a targeting node. Also, from a logistical point of view it can operate in theater because the coating of the aircraft isn't as sensitive to the environment and doesn't require as much up keep. We need this plane!
If the us spend its money to aerospace exploration rather than military, we would be in andromeda by now
The modern equivalent to "Carrying a big stick"
Bombers are redundant when you have missiles.