... production of the Tu-160M2 could be explained by the country’s nuclear forces’ traditional priority of strategic aviation before conventional forces.
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China’s ambitions can also not be disregarded. ... ... first nuclear bomb – China had become a nuclear power. Up to now the H-6 has been the only aircraft capable of delivering nuclear weapons over a significant distance. China did not succeed in building a bomber of its own.
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B-52H and Tu-95MS, 1992
However, a solution was found fairly quickly: a low-low attack. Missiles with nuclear warheads increased the efficiency of strategic aircraft as well.
Nevertheless, Britain no longer deploys nuclear weapons for delivery by aircraft and like France has opted for SSBNs. After the “disgrace” of strategic aircraft in the 1970s-1980s, the United States and the Soviet Union began to establish new aviation complexes due to a number of unique features of strategic bombers compared to missile systems.
Some of these features are as follows:
During a period of threat, strategic bombers can be secretly re-dispersed across multiple airfields, which increases ...
