Originally Posted by
etudiant
Now there are 20 B-2s and no more coming, so it is all in the shop window, no inventory to back it up.
It is not obvious who would be on the losing side here.
Quite a lot of inventory to back the B-2 fleet at range. USAF stand-off capabilities remain potent and can be delivered by long range aircraft such as the B-52. It is true that no more B-2s are coming but the USAF is looking at 2021 for the first B-21s to replace both the B-1B and B-2 fleets, so the inventory of long-range stealth aircraft will increase considerably.