Abstract The most defensible primary-source conclusion is not that a Chinese spy forced a redesign of the B-21 Raider, but that the U.S. Air Force has now publicly confirmed a new and strategically consequential milestone in the aircraft’s maturation: on 14 April 2026, official U.S. Air Force photographs showed a B-21 Raider conducting aerial refueling … Leggi tutto B-21 Raider Refueling Reveal and the Limits of the “China-Forced Redesign” Thesis: A Primary-Source OSINT Abstract, Verified to 16 April 2026