Strategic Aviation En Route to Updating

.... wikipedia.org The supersonic B-58 Hustler was retired in January 1970 Rocket and missile engineering dealt a heavy blow to strategic aviation. It appeared that the emergence of intercontinental ballistic missiles made bombers no longer necessary. Contrary ... ... capabilities at least at the same level, there is no alternative but to develop new aircraft. The terms of New START (the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) are another incentive for the development of the strategic bombing component of the nuclear triad. According ...