as far as the mission itself, the flight computers in all of the b2s were communicating encrypted by satellite and BACN-capable global hawks that were far enough away on flight profiles that would give no triangulation with the attack squadron
assets back in the us could watch the flight computers achieve their programmed perfection - there was no "radio silence", this isn't yamamoto's eastern operation task force on 2 june 41
the greatest problem with discovery of the mission and loss of surprise would the the kc-46 refueling sequences which are visible to radar IF THEY ARE IN RANGE OF RADAR....
..... unless we have a mobile cloaking platform that defeats radar ..... or unless the refueling took place WAY out away from land... i'll come back to this
the question of intrigue on this mission: what asset was used for refueling?
the kc-135 has been the frontline operational refueling platform for 70 years, and we still use them
they are being gradually replaced by the kc-46... they were forward-deployed on the 15th with the -135s .... was this it's first mission?
great set of headlines:
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-forward-deploys-dozens-aerial-tankers-iran
about the invisible plane stuff, the clowns need to shut the fuck up
you and i have paid a metric fuckton for janet and the ranch over the last 5 decades
before reading this article i would also note that no replacement was ever announced for the sr-71
... announced ....
https://www.twz.com/29543/the-visible-history-of-the-militarys-hunt-to-realize-an-invisible-aircraft