Strategic Aviation En Route to Updating

... 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 ... ... how many cruise missiles or bombs it actually carries. Given this, any further justification of the benefits of developing the strategic bombers’ component for enhancing the overall defense capability becomes irrelevant. The punishing sword of freedom ...