Nuclear Future: Underwater and in the Skies

... were first supplemented and then virtually supplanted by missiles, particularly after today’s long-range cruise missiles (LRCM) appeared in both in long-range and in small-scale. However, despite new weapons, missile bombers still had several problems ... ... Russia (and to some extent China with its program for designing a new bomber, which likely has lesser priority than developing ICBMs and nuclear submarines) keeping them in service. The main problem is their low survivability compared to other components ...