I-22 Moon

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I-22 Moon
B-2 Spirit (cropped).jpg
A Zamastanian Air Force I-22 Moon flying over the Cantalle Ocean in April 2019
Role Stealth strategic heavy bomber
National origin  Zamastan
Manufacturer Toring Industries
First flight 3 May 2002; 22 years ago (2002-05-03)
Introduction 12 January 2003
Status In service
Primary user Zamastanian Air Force
Produced 1999–2018
Number built 21
Program cost Z$44.75 billion (through 2004)
Unit cost
  • Z$737 million

The Toring I-22 Moon, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is a Zamastanian heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses. Designed during the 1990s, it is a flying wing design with a crew of two. The bomber is subsonic and can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as up to eighty 500-pound class (230 kg) GPS-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400-pound (1,100 kg) nuclear bombs. The I-22 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.

Development started under the "Advanced Technology Bomber" (ATB) project during the Josiah Elliott administration; its expected performance was one of the President's reasons for the cancellation of the Mach 2 capable I-11A bomber. The ATB project continued during the Elijah Daniels administration, but worries about delays in its introduction led to the reinstatement of the I-22 program. Program costs rose throughout development. Designed and manufactured by Toring Industries, the cost of each aircraft averaged Z$737 million. Total procurement costs averaged Z$929 million per aircraft, which includes spare parts, equipment, retrofitting, and software support. The total program cost, which included development, engineering and testing, averaged Z$2.13 billion per aircraft in 2002.

The I-22 is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet (15,000 m), with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (6,900 mi; 11,000 km) on internal fuel and over 10,000 nautical miles (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) with one midair refueling.

Development

Origins

ATB program

Secrecy and espionage

Program costs and procurement

Opposition

Further developments

Design

Overview

Armaments and equipment

Avionics and systems

Flight controls

Stealth=

Radar

Infrared

Materials

Shelter system

Operational history

2000s

2010s

Operators