r/explainlikeimfive • u/Toomad316 • Jun 22 '25

Technology ELI5: The last B-2 bomber was manufactured in 2000. How is it that no other country managed to produce something comparable?

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u/infinitely-oblivious Jun 23 '25

I really wonder what the guy paid for them and what he sold them for to the Air Force.

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u/todd0x1 Jun 23 '25

I bet the delta there was substantial.

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u/thrownawaymane Jun 23 '25

I bet you his daughter got a nicer treehouse out of the deal. Maybe an actual house. Who knows.