Google Earth can detect B2 stealth bomber.

[alwaysinasnit]

https://www.popsci.com/military/air-force-b2-spirit-bomber-google-earth/

The 172-foot-wide B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which costs nearly $2 billion in today’s dollars, can sneak past enemy air defenses with the same radar signature as a small bird, but you can also spot it on Google Earth as long as you have an internet connection.

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[pecosbob]

1. Cool...that and two dollars might get you some coffee.

Near zero intelligence value I suspect.

[WarGamer]

2. Exactly!!

[PTWB]

5. Anymore, $2 is a steal for a cup of coffee.

[pecosbob]

6. That's why I hedged my statement

[BannonsLiver]

3. Wait, it's not actually invisible?

[Brother Buzz]

4. Could be be why they built portable B-2 bomber shelters on Diego Garcia...

and in other (officially) unknown places.

[Trailrider1951]

7. I don't think that google shows things in real time like a surveillance camera

Google maps shows my house in Texas that I sold in 2017 with my RV in the driveway. I sold that RV years ago. Intelligence value of today's picture = zilch.

[sarisataka]

8. So the plane isn't invisible?

It can be seen with a camera or the naked eye- what a piece of junk

[Polybius]

9. Wow!

[Takket]

10. they need a better cloak.........

v

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. We can't afford dental and hearing coverage for our elderly but we can blow $billions in "busy work"

“Bombing ignorant gunmen camped out in a desert of a non-country is a far cry from launching an attack against a modern military adversary,” Langewiesche wrote. “But the high cost of the mission was perhaps an attraction by bureaucratic if not military logic—you may lose money if you don’t spend it—or the B-2s might have just needed some work to do.”

[harumph]

12. Uh...yes, it only has a small radar signature

Google maps is optical based.

[Amishman]

15. get out of here with that common sense, we clearly need to spend $50 billion on upgrades

[Xolodno]

13. Two dollars says...

...Russia, China and a few EU nations already know how to track them. Shoot, they may be tracking them right now.

[Happy Hoosier]

17. I doubt it.

I work with radars quite a lot. Neither Russia nor China have radars near as good as ours.

[Xolodno]

18. There is one constant that always seems applicable to our military.

That is, we always underestimate the opposing side.

When the stealth fighter was shot down during the Yugoslavian civil war, neither China or Russia was interested in it. When we lost a stealth chopper to get Bin Laden, only China was interested in the wreckage. All that kind of tells you something.

And as for underestimating, we were surprised when Russia fired off missiles from the Caspian Sea to hit Syria from ships thought too small for their technology. Whoops. And we also thought when they got involved with Syria, it would be a quagmire for them. Surprise!

Officially, Russia and China don't have any significant stealth aircraft, despite a Soviet Scientist, Petr Ufimstev, essentially inventing the technology. I'll posit that they probably do, but haven't produced it in large numbers and have kept quiet about it. Remember, our military doctrine relies on projecting power, both Russia and China however, rely on defense (granted China is starting to move to a projected doctrine as of late). So the need to develop stealth aircraft isn't as important as having a SAM to take them down. They may have cheap radars for most things as it serves its purpose, but we don't know enough of where it counts.

[Happy Hoosier]

19. With all die respect, I do this for a living.

I’m not talking out of my ass.

Russia and China both understand how our stealth tech works. They also understand the principles of our top radars. That’s a very different animal from being able to do it. Take a look at their too lone radars… they are a generation behind ours. They aren’t hiding some advanced capabilities. They have bragged that their s-500 missile system can detect and engage the B-2, F-22, and F-35. Our assessment was that they could not. And indeed, when the S-500 was deployed in Syria, Israeli F-35’s flew right by them. So… yeah….

[Xolodno]

20. I won't argue further and defer to your expertise.

But, i will still be a bit skeptical. Both China and Russia have been good at subterfuge and sadly, here in the US, we've been all too often under estimating things.

Call me a pessimist, but I'm the type of person who always expects the worst and prepares for it. But, pleasantly surprised when i doesn't happen. Just my viewpoint.

[rictofen]

14. That's the same Popular Science that once hosted the writings of Darwin, Pasteur, et al?

Ooof.

[Happy Hoosier]

16. Did... did people think...

That “stealth” meant is was invisible?

[xmas74]

21. Big deal

It flies over my house and rattles the windows at least twice a week. Everyone around here has photos and videos of it.