[sammyg2]

Um, I kinda disagree. The B-2 is like the battleship was in WWII, not really relevant anymore.
We can put cruise missles and bombs anywhere we want. We can drop nukes anywhere we want. we can completely dominate the air space over ANY theatre, so the ancient B-52s can do a better job that the B-2s can for less $$$.

When the B-2s were sent to kosovo they took off the from a base in Missouri, flew there and dropped the bombs, and flew all the way back. They did that because these planes are so complex and require so much maintenance that it is almost impossible to stage them strategically (119 manhours of maintenance required for every hour of flight time). To the best of my knowledge, the only two places in the world that are equipped to handle them are Whiteman air force base in Missouri and that base in Guam.
After every flight these planes require extensive maintenance, including the repair of much of the radar absorbing material.
IMO The B-2 is a remnant of the cold war and is not relevant except as a tool to maintain artificially inflated military budgets. Even during ther cold war it was only good for sabre-rattling and threatening, it's never been a practical war machine.