Northrop Unveils Bitchin’ Bomber-Cycle

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Forget the Blackwater cufflinks and the attack helicopter Hawaiian shirt. The contest for most awesomely bad defense trinket is official over.

This is the 20th anniversary of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, you see. So the bomber-makers at Northrop Grumman wanted to commemorate the occasion, with a special trophy. Naturally — oh, so naturally — they chose to have a B-2 bomber-themed motorcycle built.

Now, give the behemoth defense contractors some style points. They didn’t just go to any bike shop. They went to Orange County Choppers — the big, fat dudes from “American Chopper” for their custom ride. Which is nice and all. But doesn’t Northrop have, uh, other priorities at the moment? And don’t you get the sense that taxpayers will somehow wind up footing the bill for this bike?

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UPDATE: I shot the press release about the bomber-cycle over to Nathan. His response: “So will the motorcycle cost $250 million?”

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