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B-2 can carry certain ordinance that B-1B can't (due to length of the bomb bay). Forward deployment is to allow transit and arrival entirely over-water.

• ge96 2y ago
  Interesting I guess the stealth would be top and bottom right if they have that beyond the horizon radar that bounces off the ionosophere/ground edit: wonder if there is a phased laser "radar" where it spams a bunch of uniform dots and if some of them don't come back then there's something there probably wouldn't work, scattering the other one would be LEO cameras that are scanning the ground for a black dorito maybe captures aerial disturbance/lines in the sky density change
  • seryoiupfurds 2y ago
    I think it's not about the properties of land and water per se, so much as avoiding flying over populated areas where it can be observed directly.
  • itishappy 2y ago
    What you're describing is called LIDAR.
    • ge96 2y ago
      Yeah I know they can map cities, was thinking about scanning the sky, probably dumb/doesn't make sense but yeah
      • itishappy 2y ago
        Not a dumb question at all, it can work from space! I think getting enough return signal and contrast will be the main issues. Both can be solved with a big enough lens, but then cost and maintenance will become an issue. If the system can be optimized beyond needing a single lens per beam than it might be feasible!
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