The B-2 Spirit bomber, which the United States started to lay its foundations in the mid-1970s, was produced only 21 units and the remaining 20 are still in service, except for one that crashed. There is a very logical reason why the number of bombers is so low: It costs an estimated $1.1 billion to 2.2 billion to produce one B-2 Spirit.
What makes this plane so special is its main purpose of secrecy. The B-2 Spirit offers the ability to destroy enemy targets without being detected, thanks to its lack of detection by radars. But an image shared on the internet shows that the B-2 Spirit is no longer so ghostly. This flying bird, which the USA produced for almost the money of an aircraft carrier, was caught on Google Maps, not on the radars, while trying to stay hidden.
B-2 Spirit caught by paparazzi while dodging radar:
On Reddit, a user caught a frame of the B-2 Spirit while scrolling through Google Maps. Moreover, the plane was not standing on the ground, it was flying as you know. In the image in the Reddit post, which received more than 111,000 likes, it could be easily understood that the plane was flying quickly, from the accompanying RGB colors and the heat emanating from its engine.
So how could this plane, which was supposed to fly secretly, not stay so secret? Actually, this is pretty easy to explain. Designed to evade radar, this aircraft cannot become invisible as a result. It can be seen on Google Maps that many planes are caught on camera in flight. So much so that even a US SİHA, which had previously served over Syria, showed itself on the Maps.
Still, the fact that the world’s most expensive plane was flying on Google Maps, of course, became the new wave of the internet. If you want to see the plane with your own eyes, just click here.
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