It's kind of ironic that the silhouette of the B-2 stealth bomber is so instantly recognizable. To naked human eyes, it's a weird black boomerang of an aircraft with all kinds of unique angles and curves that make it look iconic and bizarre. But each one of those details was carefully considered to make it invisible to inhuman radio-eyes.

There's a lot that goes into the B-2 bomber's stealth, from its carbon-fiber plastic skin to its unusual top-mounted engines. As Real Engineering explains, all of these details were very painstakingly designed—with help from a supercomputer—to ensure that when the plane is hit with radar waves, they bounce off at weird angles. The result is a plane with a 172-foot wingspan that can do a convincing impression of a large bird on radar.

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Of all the B-2's stealthy quirks, perhaps the most interesting is its lack of a tail rudder, which means the plane has to rely on wing flaps or thrust vectoring in order to make the simplest adjustments to yaw. But of course an outfit that can make you look this slim is going to have some uncomfortable drawbacks.

Source: Real Engineering

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