Any marketing specialist knows one simple truth – to sell a product, it should be advertized. Being founders of such science as to sell art, the USA is the main world seller of the weapon at present. Let's consider closer some American "sign" units of arms.
Lockheed F-117 "Night Hawk", Lokhid F-117 "A night hawk"
Cost: The estimated value of F-117 makes 45-50 million dollars.
It is taken advantage: in October, 1983.
It is removed from arms: 2008.
Accidents and catastrophic crashes: For all history of operation of the F-117 planes 7 machines, including one in fighting conditions have been lost.
Reasons of removal from arms: The U.S. Air Force was going to operate F-117 at least till 2018, however shortage of money for purchase of new strike fighters of F-22 has forced them to begin removal process "Knight of Hok" with arms much earlier.
Fragments of the "Night hawk" hit in Yugoslavia
Northrop B-2 Spirit
Application: Made on the stealth technology imperceptible to a radar of antiaircraft defense, B-2A generally intended for break of deeply echeloned air defense system of the Soviet Union and drawing nuclear attacks in the conditions of global war.
On March 25 the first couple of V-2 with 800-kilogram bombs has risen from air base Vaytmen, has crossed Atlantic and in 15 hours of flight has bombed the territory of Yugoslavia. Since then "invisible beings" "Spiritist" have made 50 fighting departures and have dumped in total more than 500 tons of bombs. Any of bombers hasn't been damaged.
The commander of a squadron of V-2 brigade general Leroy Barnidzh has declared:
The result has surpassed our expectations. I am proud of the guys, I didn't happen to work with such team yet.