Google Earth-ийн хиймэл дагуулын өндөр нарийвчлалтай зургийн тусламжтайгаар B-21 Raider онгоцны бодит хэмжээг тогтоов.
Google Earth платформд 2026 оны зургаадугаар сарын 20-нд байршуулсан Эдвардсын агаарын цэргийн баазын хиймэл дагуулын зураг нь B-21 Raider бөмбөгдөгч онгоцны хэмжээсийн талаарх олон жилийн таамаглалыг эцэслэлээ. Шинэ өгөгдлөөр уг онгоцны далавчны урт 152 фут, их биеийн урт 61 фут болох нь батлагдсан байна. Энэ нь өмнөх үеийн B-2 бөмбөгдөгч онгоцтой харьцуулахад далавчны урт болон их биеийн хэмжээгээрээ 12 хувиар бага үзүүлэлт юм.
B-21 span nowhere that number. Bizarre people think this. Around 150-155 best estimate
— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) September 19, 2025
I smile every time I see these graphics showing like 130 foot wingspan on the B-21. People think it’s way smaller than it is.
— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) August 25, 2025
Шинжээчдийн үзэж байгаагаар B-21-ийн хэмжээ нь түүнийг бүтээхдээ ачааны багтаамжаас илүүтэйгээр түлшний зарцуулалт, нислэгийн алслалт, үл үзэгдэх технологи болон өртөг хэмнэлтэд түлхүү анхаарсныг харуулж байна. Хоёр хөдөлгүүртэй, аэродинамикийн хувьд өндөр түвшинд сайжруулсан энэхүү загвар нь агаарт цэнэглэлтгүйгээр алсын зайд үүрэг гүйцэтгэх чадварыг нэмэгдүүлжээ. Уг онгоцны хэмжээг F-15 сөнөөгч онгоцтой харьцуулахуйц гэж дүгнэж байгаа бөгөөд нисдэг далавч (flying wing) бүхий онгоцнуудын харагдах байдал нь өнцгөөсөө хамааран эрс ялгаатай байдаг онцлогтой.
What’s even more fascinating is that this thing is probably about the same length as an F-15 or close to it. Flying wings are transformers. From flying saucers side-on to massive flying wedges in the bank to huge boomerangs head on. pic.twitter.com/0UXOK0uVVN
— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) May 22, 2024
Хиймэл дагуулын зургаар онгоцны яндангийн хэсгийн зохион байгуулалт тодорхой харагдаж байгаа ч шинэ мэдээлэл гэхээр зүйл ажиглагдсангүй. Яндангийн хоолойнуудыг гүн байрлуулж, түүнийг тойруулан хамгаалалтын хавтангуудыг суурилуулсан нь илэрхий байна. Энэхүү баримтжуулалт нь сошиал орчинд тархаад байсан B-21-ийн хэмжээтэй холбоотой ташаа мэдээллүүдийг үгүйсгэж, албан ёсны тооцооллыг баталгаажууллаа.
(Images): “Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider Over Palmdale”
Source: jmh.creates#anonymoushadoww #ufotwitter #uaptwitter #ShadowLurker #Twitter pic.twitter.com/0zLn4ADWl1
— Anonymoushadoww (@anonymoushadoww) September 25, 2026
Дэлгэрэнгүйг эх сурвалжаас харах
Эх сурвалжийг нээх ↓
Thanks to Google Earth, we can finally put this one to bed. Since the B-21’s unveiling, people have made wild claims about its wingspan, specifically how tiny it is. This was never the case, as we have reported continuously since we first set eyes on it. Many AI-generated and enthusiast-made B-21 fact sheets have gone viral on social media showing wingspans under 130 feet, which only helped propel the nonsense. Now we can definitively say, give or take a few feet, the B-21 spans 152 feet and is 61 feet long. This puts it at about 12% smaller in terms of wingspan than the B-2, and about the same — 12% smaller — when it comes to length.
The image in question, taken of Edwards AFB and dated June 20, 2026, was recently uploaded to Google Earth. While we have seen satellite images of the B-21 going about its business before, this one was published in the public domain and had enough resolution, when paired with Google Earth’s excellent measurement tools, to get conclusive measurements.
Since we first saw the B-21 at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, during its unveiling, which TWZ attended, we put the top-end size at 155 feet wingspan-wise. That analysis has only narrowed over the years. I have had many emails, social media threads, and other engagements with folks claiming the aircraft was in the sub-130-foot wingspan range. Now we can finally put those battles behind us.
So what does the size tell us? Nothing we don’t already know. The B-21 was always going to be smaller than the B-2. Our analysis from many years ago has stayed the same — the aircraft would be designed with a premium on range and affordability, as well as very low observability, over massive payload. This resulted in the aircraft you see today. It is smaller, but with design priorities that have shifted from its predecessor’s, and 12% smaller in pure dimensions makes total sense considering what Northrop Grumman was trying to achieve. Above all else, it points to the B-21 having an extreme unrefueled range, with improved aerodynamics for high-altitude cruise, more gas for its size, and two efficient engines instead of four.
As for its length, the B-21 is nearly the same length as an F-15 fighter, which sounds bizarre for a large bomber. However, flying wings are visual transformers, looking like compact UFOs side-on and massive head-on or from the planform view.
As far as what else we can discern from the Google Earth image? Not much. We get a bit of a better view of the B-21’s exhaust configuration, but nothing is really revelatory there. The exhausts are deeply buried with large planar exhaust exit ‘ramps’ and have a large chevron trailing edge over the exhaust aperture itself. We have seen some pretty detailed images of this general arrangement from the rear that have been posted on social media. We do see the exhaust pathway as black in color, a feature that was edited out in the official top-down photo of the B-21 seen above, which was released in April, and this is something we mentioned at the time.
Regardless, at least we can say with total confidence that the B-21 is smaller than its progenitor, but not by all that much — about 12% to be more exact.
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