The secretary of defense mentioned "deterrence" as part of the reasoning. Maybe not-so-coincidentally, the aircraft (at least as they showed it) skips the old s

The secretary of defense mentioned "deterrence" as part of the reasoning. Maybe not-so-coincidentally, the aircraft (at least as they showed it) skips the old school black paint job for one that looks more like anti-flash white[0]. Part of it is probably also that this is a refinement of an existing aircraft and not anything with drastically different capabilities-- if you're planning on war with the US, you're probably already thinking about B-2s, and if you're worried about B-2s then a B-21 isn't that different. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-flash_white https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-flash_white