California, June 12 -- United States Air Force (USAF) General Dale White has identified the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programme and F-47 next-generation fighter aircraft as the three military capabilities on which the nation would rely in a major crisis, describing them as assets the United States would turn to in its "darkest hour".

"There are three programs the future of our nation depends upon: Sentinel, B-21 and F-47," General White told members of the Raider Combined Test Force (CTF) during an all-call, an assembly or meeting of all personnel within a specific unit, at Edwards Air Force Base on June 8.

"These are the capabilities our nation will turn to in its darkest hour," he s...