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Hegseth: US Will Require ‘a Lot More’ Than 100 B-21 Bombers

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Hegseth: US Will Require ‘a Lot More’ Than 100 B-21 Bombers
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told lawmakers April 30 that the Pentagon should consider buying “a lot more” B-21 Raider next-generation stealth bombers, signaling top-level interest in expanding the official program of record for the aircraft.



The Air Force has said that it plans to buy “a minimum” of 100 B-21s. The last two heads of U.S. Strategic Command have both endorsed increasing the B-21 buy to 145 airframes. 



While Hegseth did not say precisely how many B-21s the Pentagon

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