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B-2 -- 6400 miles F-22 -- 2000 miles Clearly the B-2 has the advantage here. There are a lot of places that an F-22 just cannot reach on it's own without external tanks, which negate stealth, or refueling from non-stealthy tankers close to the target. The shorter range of the F-22 cause it to be forced to use a direct and predictable path to the target, which is how an F-117 got shot down over Yugoslavia, where as the B-2 can use indirect approaches.
B-2 -- 50,000 lb F-22 -- 2000 lb Again the B-2 has the advantage here. Actually, the advantage is even larger than it appears because the F-22 cannot carry anything bigger than a 1000 lb bomb internally, which eliminates a lot of weapons like the big bunker busters.
B-2 radar image size of bee or mosquito F-22 radar image size of falcon or sparrow Again B-2 has the advantage here. The F-22 is designed for tactical stealth, nearly impossible to target until it is too late. The B-2 is strategic stealth, most of the time you can only infer that it was there by examining the bomb craters.
B-2 -- what's that? F-22 -- the best There is nothing else in the air that can compare to the F-22 until the F-35 is deployed. The B-2 ddoes not do air superiority, period.
If I may add another purpose the B-2 serves: Tying up a potential enemy?s resources. Because the B-2 exists potential enemies must dedicate resources in finding a way to counter it/defend against it. If the B-2 did not exist those resources could be dedicated toward other things like better submarines and anti-ship cruise missiles to threaten our carriers.
If your enemy did not have tanks would you be spending a lot time developing anti-tank weapons?
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