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In other words, the facts do not support interpretations of the GAO's findings that have been widely disseminated in the press as indicative of fatal technical and testing flaws in the B-2 program.
The Center for Security Policy today published a summary of a recent roundtable conference on the B-2 bomber involving senior figures from the executive branch, the Congress, industry and the press.
It was disturbed by press reports occasioned by the leak of a draft version of the GAO report to the effect that the B-2 is not stealthy, has a defective radar system, is plagued with design flaws and is failing a host of basic tests.