Monstrously Powerful US B-1 Bomber Activate Full Afterburner at High Altitude
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Welcome back to our channel for a feature on the US Air Force B-1B Lancer, "The Bone", an aircraft with a rocky start that has become the backbone of the strategic bomber force of the United States. B-1A was intended to fly supersonic (Mach 2+) speeds at cruise altitudes, then approach enemy territories at low levels at supersonic (under Mach 2) speeds below ground radar scanners. its leading canards were designed to rapidly adjust to minimize severe turbulence when flying supersonic speeds so low in thicker air over uneven terrain but the B-1A's supersonic engine inlets were too exposed to ground radar scanner reflection vulnerable at higher cruise altitudes, which forward defensive ground radars could easily detect the B-1B revised more winding engine inlets help conceal engines from radar reflections, BUT it meant forgoing with supersonic (Mach 2+) flight at high altitudes, or flying supersonic (below Mach 2) below ground radar at low altitudes (over water: Mach 1.2 at sea level possible) modern radar advancements allows airborne radars to detect both low flying terrain following aircraft, just as well as high flying aircraft plus, detect so-called "stealth" aircraft regardless of stealth coating or radar reflecting aircraft geometry, like: F-117A, F-22, F-35, B-2, B-21, etc.
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