Author: emilvenere

Emil Venere is a writer with many years of experience, both at major research universities and daily newspapers. He holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Arizona and a bachelor's in literature from Ramapo College of New Jersey. He wrote the science fiction novel Flying Saucers.

CNN, welcome to the party, finally. #B-21 bomber

Don’t you hate the cheesy “under the radar” wording in the headline? I guess they couldn’t resist.

But at least they are finally giving the B-21 bomber story some cursory coverage

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/05/politics/b-21-stealth-bomber-cost-secrecy/index.html

It’s really sort of hilarious that people consider that silly artist’s concept drawing to be a fair representation of the super-secret bomber in any way, shape or form.

From the CNN article: “The Pentagon also made public an artist’s conception of the aircraft, which some lawmakers argue would be more useful to a foreign intelligence agency than the overall contract cost.”

 It should be fairly obvious that the alleged concept image is a ruse.

Officials have already acknowledged that they have completed extensive wind-tunnel tests of the bomber. They know what it looks like “down to the access panels” … and may have even test flown a full-scale prototype by now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

UFO-like ending to #Northrop Grumman TV ad, alludes to B-21 bomber

 

the most recent #Northrop Grumman ad is fairly interesting … it summarizes the company’s various technological feats, from stealth bombers to the first landing of a UAV on an aircraft carrier … then it segues to future  fighter jets and ends with a mysterious aircraft in a large hangar and officials standing around during some sort of hypothetical unveiling. We have to assume this is the B-21 … All you can see are three blinding white lights, but you can’t make out any contours. The narrator says: “Just wait until you see what’s next.”

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Aqyl/northrop-grumman-just-wait

The lighting configuration reminds you of http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/pictures/Stevens4.jpg

entertaining …

#B-21 Bomber article on extreme secrecy

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-cost-of-the-b-21-bomber-is-secret-for-security-reas-1781576157

excellent article … and one of the most under-reported stories. The computer-generated artist’s concept is a joke … I attended an aerospace conference last month and some big shot from Northrop Grummon Aerospace Systems was a keynote speaker … a slide of the alleged B-21 concept came up on a big screen. “It’s an interesting photo. I’ll leave it at that,” he says. And this was greeted by a round of laughter from the audience … What’s not known is whether any members of Congress are privy to the cost figures. If not, where’s the oversight? I find it intriguing that one top military official has told the media that the platform is using “very mature” technology. But he also said, just because it’s very mature “doesn’t mean it’s known to the public.” Whaaaat?

interesting article #usmilitaryspending

 

https://mondediplo.com/openpage/the-pentagon-s-war-on-accountability

Here’s the nut graph:

The United States is on track to spend more than $600 billion on the military this year — more, that is, than wasspent at the height of President Ronald Reagan’s Cold War military buildup, and more than the military budgets of at least the next seven nations in the world combined. And keep in mind that that’s just a partial total. As an analysis by the Straus Military Reform Project has shown, if we count related activities like homeland security, veterans’ affairs, nuclear warhead production at the Department of Energy, military aid to other countries, and interest on the military-related national debt, that figure reaches a cool $1 trillion.

 

it’s too bad the American media are ignoring this issue, a great failing of the Fourth Estate.

Interesting comments about LRS-B

http://www.ifreepress.com/6488-air-force-very-close-to-picking-new-bomber/

 

From top Air Force acquisition executive William LaPlante:

According to LaPlant, the project was designed so that bombers could be easily upgraded when new technology emerges or new requirements are written.

He said the bomber would have a few components that were now being used in secret programs and that “just because they are existing (or) mature doesn’t mean that they are in the open, doesn’t mean that any of you even know about them”.