The Most Sophisticated and The Best Bombers Ever
by See the most advanced stealth, strategic and heavy bombers built by the so-called "superpowers".
What is a bomber? Well, a bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets, primarily by dropping bombs on them. Here are the latest, sophisticated and most powerful fighting fling machines in the world.
The Present . . .
B-2 Spirit – USA
The B-2 Spirit, which is more popularly known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy bomber built by Northrop Grumman. It has low observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. It also has the capability to deploy conventional and nuclear weapons.
A unit of this highly sophisticated aircraft US$929 million. This bomber is operated by 2 persons and can drop up to 80 x 230 kg-class JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or 16 x 1,100 kg B83bombs in a single pass through extremely dense anti-aircraft defenses. This heavily equipped bomber, which is the only aircraft that can carry large air to surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration, has a maximum speed of 972 km/h. it is 21 meters long with a wing span of 52.4 m.
Tu-160 Blackjack – Russia
The Tu-160 Blackjack is a heavy bomber built by Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance to the US B-1B but it is significantly larger and faster and has a greater combat range and payload capacity. Tu-160 is both the largest variable-wing and the largest jet-powered combat aircraft ever built. This impressive bomber has also the greatest total thrust, the heaviest takeoff weight of any combat aircraft, the highest top speed and one of the largest payloads of any current heavy bomber.
This aircraft which was developed by Tupolev is used primarily by Russian Air Force and was the last strategic bomber designed by the Soviet Union. This 54.1 m bomber can attain a maximum speed of 1,380 km/h. It is equipped with 2 internal rotary launchers each holding 6 cruise missiles.
B-1 Lancer – USA
TheB-1 Lancer is a strategic bomber developed by Rockwell which is now part of Boeing. This low-level penetrator with long range and supersonic speed capability is used by the US Air Force. This supersonic strategic bomber entered active service in 1986 and a unit cost as of 1998 is US$283.1 million. This 44.5 meter long aircraft has a speed of 1,330 km/hand is equipped with different kind of bombs.
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Post CommentMichael Eboh
On March 31, 2010 at 7:39 am
Wow!!!
That is fantastic to be shared.
Thanks for the great write.
Thanks for working hard to gather these information.
Thanks …..
Debra.
On March 31, 2010 at 8:08 am
Great article, Nobert! Love the pics…
Christine Ramsay
On March 31, 2010 at 9:18 am
A very well rearched and really interesting article. You always teach me so much.
Christine
Mr Ghaz
On March 31, 2010 at 10:38 am
awesome! really great and excellent article. loved the pictures. thanks for sharing this fantastic stuff
xoxo
On March 31, 2010 at 10:40 am
Another interesting article. The pics are also superb. Good job, kabayan.
Fornis
On March 31, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Amazing article. You do research into deep topics. Publishing these articles in print can really be a good idea.
Goodselfme
On March 31, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Sleek flying machines.Well presented.
Eldridge
On March 31, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Interesting article.
Unofre Pili
On March 31, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Captivating article, bro. Never knew they that expensive.
Eunice Tan
On March 31, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I thought you would talk about suicide bombers (human). Great writing indeed.
Melody SJAL
On March 31, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Such powerful aircrafts.