Flying wings are coming.

Computer-Generated Image of China's Xian H-20 Stealth Bomber. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Chinese H-20 and the USAF B-21 stealth bombers are both flying wings. The flying wing design makes those aircraft more economical. And they can carry more payload. Also, the economical flight makes them fly longer time before refueling. And along with stealth technology that makes those bombers very capable for global operations.

The thing is that those aircraft can be very fast because they are aerodynamically very capable. Their shape is smooth. And the curves are soft. That allows the radio waves from the radars to slide over their body without causing an echo. The same way that shape makes air molecules travel over the bodies of those aircraft.

There is the possibility that the magnetic field around those aircraft is boosting the stealth capacity of those super bombers. The magnetic stealth system acts as the Earth's magnetic field and pushes the radio waves away from the aircraft. The idea is that the radio waves pass that object without reflection. And that makes those aircraft invisible to radars.

The speed of stealth bombers is limited because the super- or even hypersonic flight causes sonic booms. The air cone of the supersonic flight makes those aircraft easier to detect. So the optimal speed of the stealth bomber is about Mach 0,9 or high subsonic. But there is the possibility that those aircraft have AI-based systems that limit the speed subsonic when those aircraft operate in stealth mode.

There is the possibility that when stealth bombers are moving to operational areas they use afterburners or even ramjet or scramjet engines. Then the pilot just turns one button to "stealth" mode and then the system limits the speed of the stealth bomber that it flies at subsonic speed. There are only a few details published about those highly classified bombers.

In the future, stealth bombers can jump out of the atmosphere and make so-called ballistic jumps. That allows them to move fast to operational areas. And there, those bombers can turn to use stealth mode while they are searching for enemies from that area.

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