B-21 Raider bomber fly by in California with deadly upgraded nuke

⚡️B-21 Raider, America’s newest stealth bomber, has taken its first flight.

The Raider flew in Palmdale, California, where it has been under testing and development by Northrop Grumman.

* The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years, and almost every aspect of the program is classified.

Both Northrop Grumman and the Air Force have tried to protect the program’s details to prevent China from gaining access to the weapon’s technology and building a similar version, as it has with other U.S. advanced weapons systems like the F-35 joint strike fighter.

The B-21 is part of the Pentagon’s efforts to modernize all three legs of its nuclear triad, which includes silo-launched nuclear ballistic missiles and submarine-launched warheads, as it invests in new weapons to meet China’s rapid military modernization.