The B-2 Spirit is a multirole stealth bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear weapons. The B-21 Raider will first supplement, then eventually replace, the B-2 beginning in the
The Air Force plans to build 100 that can deploy either nuclear weapons or conventional bombs, and can be used with or without a human crew. the B-1 Lancer and the B-2 Spirit. Then the hangar
It still has nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, though. The bomber is still rated to carry the AGM-86B nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The B-52 can carry up to 20 of the subsonic, low-flying missiles
AFAIK all that's needed for an aircraft to deliver nuclear bombs is. The ability to actually carry the bombs, which probably conform to some standard "form factor". Some special electronics for arming the bombs, which must be installed into the bomber - this probably also follows some standards.
Each ICBM has the potential to carry multiple nuclear warheads. As of February 2022 the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists estimated that Russia has a stockpile of nearly 4,500 nuclear warheads, of
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Three of these are tactical nuclear weapons and one is a strategic nuke, but they share a variable yield design that allows them to explode with a force between 0.3 and 340 kilotons of TNT as desired.
For more than 35 years B-52 Stratofortresses have been the primary manned strategic bomber force for the United States. The B-52 is capable of dropping or launching a significant array of weapons in the U.S. inventory. This includes gravity bombs, cluster bombs and precision guided missiles. An appreciation for the uniqueness of the B-52
Beloved of the “Bomber Mafia,” a generation of senior officers who had cut their teeth in World War II’s Combined Bomber Offensive, the B-70 represented, to many, the future of the Air Force
Finally, the B-2 can carry two 30,000 pound twenty foot long Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs for attacking hardened targets, one per weapons bay.
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