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Well, existing stealth bombers (basically B2 at this point) are sub sonic while many fighters are super sonic.

As for range - that's a good point, if your low fregvency or passive radar gives you a big bounding box, your fighters could run out of fuel before they find the stealth bomber. Or it might drop/launch its payload before you catch it.




Supersonic dash capability can help in some limited circumstances but it doesn't fundamentally change anything. Fuel consumption at those speeds is extremely high.




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