<p>Amidst the ongoing crisis in West Asia, the story an India-born engineer, who allegedly stole technology for US and sold it to China has resurfaced. </p><p>According to multiple media reports, the engineer who was born in Mumbai, helped develop the United States’ stealth B-2 Spirit bomber and later sold its secrets to China. </p><p>The information was passed to China to help them in developing cruise missile and bomber technologies. </p><p>The reason for the engineer being back in the news is very obvious. In the ongoing stand-off between Israel and Iran, the former has roped in US military forces. </p><p>The US struck Iran's nuclear sites deploying the B-2 bombers. The US attacks, carried out by B-2 stealth bombers, targeted three Iranian nuclear sites: Isfahan and Iran's main enrichment plants in Fordo and Natanz.</p><p>US Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine said seven B-2 stealth bombers had flown 18 hours to drop 14 GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs </p><p>Pentagon officials described their attack on three nuclear sites in Iran as a tightly choreographed operation that included B-2 bombers carrying 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs and submarine-fired Tomahawk cruise missiles hitting a trio of sites in less than a half-hour. </p><p>They also went on to add that B-2 alone has best chance of destroying heavily fortified sites connected to the Iranian nuclear programme buried deep underground.</p><p>It is ironical that Donald Trump deployed B-2 bombers just weeks after making a fresh diplomatic overture to leaders in Iran. The heavy strategic bomber, also known as the Northrop B-S Spirit or Stealth Bomber, uses stealth technology.</p><p>It is worth mentioning that the B-2 Spirit, built by Northrop Grumman, remains one of the most secretive and capable bombers in America's nuclear arsenal. Its radar-evading design allows it to penetrate enemy airspace undetected and deliver both conventional and nuclear payloads.</p><p>In the end, B-2 bombers and US fighter planes flew in and out of Iran without a shot being fired at them.</p><p>(With inputs from Agencies)</p>
<p>Amidst the ongoing crisis in West Asia, the story an India-born engineer, who allegedly stole technology for US and sold it to China has resurfaced. </p><p>According to multiple media reports, the engineer who was born in Mumbai, helped develop the United States’ stealth B-2 Spirit bomber and later sold its secrets to China. </p><p>The information was passed to China to help them in developing cruise missile and bomber technologies. </p><p>The reason for the engineer being back in the news is very obvious. In the ongoing stand-off between Israel and Iran, the former has roped in US military forces. </p><p>The US struck Iran's nuclear sites deploying the B-2 bombers. The US attacks, carried out by B-2 stealth bombers, targeted three Iranian nuclear sites: Isfahan and Iran's main enrichment plants in Fordo and Natanz.</p><p>US Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine said seven B-2 stealth bombers had flown 18 hours to drop 14 GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs </p><p>Pentagon officials described their attack on three nuclear sites in Iran as a tightly choreographed operation that included B-2 bombers carrying 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs and submarine-fired Tomahawk cruise missiles hitting a trio of sites in less than a half-hour. </p><p>They also went on to add that B-2 alone has best chance of destroying heavily fortified sites connected to the Iranian nuclear programme buried deep underground.</p><p>It is ironical that Donald Trump deployed B-2 bombers just weeks after making a fresh diplomatic overture to leaders in Iran. The heavy strategic bomber, also known as the Northrop B-S Spirit or Stealth Bomber, uses stealth technology.</p><p>It is worth mentioning that the B-2 Spirit, built by Northrop Grumman, remains one of the most secretive and capable bombers in America's nuclear arsenal. Its radar-evading design allows it to penetrate enemy airspace undetected and deliver both conventional and nuclear payloads.</p><p>In the end, B-2 bombers and US fighter planes flew in and out of Iran without a shot being fired at them.</p><p>(With inputs from Agencies)</p>
