... the B-3 had been adopted, what the expert community is calling the project.
U.S. Air Force / Ben Bloker
Alexander Yermakov:
Strategic Aviation En Route to Updating
Naturally, the publication of any pictures of the LRS-B is out of the question. The Northrop ... ... Perspective Aviation Complex for Long-Range Aviation (PAK DA), while the program for the resumed production of updated Tu-160 strategic bombers continues to be a prime center of attention. As such, speaking at a special meeting of the interdepartmental ...
... combat-ready and another 100 are held in reserve (with the possibility of being brought into airworthy condition).
Modernisation
is underway to create the Tu-22M3M version, and a contract has been signed for work to be done on 30 planes.
The role played by strategic aviation in Russia’s policy is virtually the opposite to that of the Americans. The main difference is its precise specialisation in the deterrent nuclear function. Russian and Soviet strategic bombers have never been used in local wars. Moreover, the non-modernised Tu-95MS and Tu-160 are virtually incapable of using conventional weapons. Despite the fact that the emphasis in current modernisation programmes is on acquiring and expanding ...
... intercontinental ranges. In the early 1960s, not only the US and the USSR, but also the United Kingdom maintained a large fleet of strategic bombers
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. Strategic intercontinental bombers for use in a potential European war were complemented by numerous ... ....
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 ...
