The Massachusetts senator voted against defense appropriations bills that included money for weapons such as the Patriot missile, the Tomahawk cruise missile and the B-2 stealth bomber -- all of which military leaders say have become integral to the U.S. force and were crucial to winning the 1991 Gulf war and last year's war in Iraq.

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Boeing received a contract in 2009 to fit the weapon on the U.S.'s B-2 Stealth Bomber.

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The idea is a straightforward one: The Bush White House and Pentagon have made a relatively concerted effort to obtain the funding required for the B-2 Stealth bomber.

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The B-2 stealth bomber, although expensive, can nonetheless save money.

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In several respects, such as the presence of the B-2 stealth bomber, the availability of large stocks of precision weapons, the improvements in digital communications, and the increased numbers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it was a much better force.

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In recent weeks, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to sharply reduce the amounts requested for the rail-mobile MX and the road-mobile Midgetman missile, for the B-2 "Stealth" bomber and the advanced cruise missile, and for the Strategic Defense Initiative in the FY1990 Defense authorization bill.

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The drone is a wing-shaped aircraft, like the stealth bomber, a design that is supposed to make it less visible to radar.

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Not to be outdone, UK-based Stealth Electric Bikes recently released the Bomber, a burly electric bike that would fit in well with the Dark Knight's fleet of stealthy vehicles.

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