NB-14

NB-14
NB-14
Role	Strategic stealth bomber
National Origin	Nacata
Manufacturer	kAE Systems
First Flight	1994
Introduction	2002
Status	In service
Primary Users	Nacata
Produced	1999-Present
Number Built	16 (1 test and 15 operation aircraft)
Program Cost	32.6 Billion NDs
Unit Cost	201 Million NDs
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The kAE NB-14, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an Nacatan heavy penetration strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two. The bomber can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as eighty 500 lb (230 kg)-class KDAM Global Positioning System-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) NB33 nuclear bombs. The NB-14 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.

The NB-14 is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet (15,000 m), with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (6,900 mi; 11,000 km) on internal fuel and over 10,000 nautical miles (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) with one midair refueling. Though designed originally as primarily a nuclear bomber, the NB-14 was first used in combat, dropping conventional, non-nuclear ordnance in the Atiland War in 1999. It later served in Kostro, Yor, and Latianburg.