New Nuclear Stealth Bomber B-21 Raider First Flight

Northrop Grumman’s sixth-generation nuclear stealth bomber called B-21 Raider, developed for the US Air Force, completed its first flight in Palmdale, California. The B-21 is included in the Pentagon’s nuclear triad modernization plan, which encompasses nuclear ballistic missiles fired from silos and warheads fired from submarines. The military aircraft is poised to become the next stealth bomber with the country’s nuclear weapons.