The "B-2" in B-2 Spirit is not shorthand for "Budget Buster," but the original stealth bomber is indeed the most expensive airplane ever built. Just how expensive? $2.13 Billon per plane.
A world without the B-2 Spirit likely wouldn't be all that different from the world of today – but arguably, the United States Air Force would have found its role in numerous conflicts.
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"Due to New York State's radical anti-Second Amendment policies and disastrous business climate, they have run Remington Arms, the country's oldest gun manufacturer, out of New York State. The Ilion Remington plant opened its doors in 1828 and is one of the largest employers in Herkimer County in NY-21," said Rep. Elise Stefanik in a written statement shared with the Beltway.
The AV-8B Harrier II was as much a "star" of the 1994 film True Lies as Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jamie Lee Curtis – and it also was the aircraft that literally saved humanity in the lackluster 2000 film Battlefield Earth.