Recently Declassified Secrets of USAF Stealth Aircraft

These planes are designed around their stealth feature, not performance or aerodynamics. The F-117’s design, for example, is aerodynamically unstable across all three of its axes. The F-117 was built to fight, but the iconic B-2 Stealth Bomber was built to nuke. It was designed to carry up to 16 2,400-pound nuclear bombs deep into guarded Soviet airspace…should the need have ever arisen..

The more vertical surfaces on a plane, the easier it is to spot on a radar screen. That’s why the B-2 was designed as flat as possible, without a traditional tail.

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June 14, 2025 | 3:13 pm