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The National Interest on MSN3d
Chinese Military Researchers Rank the B-52 as a Greater Threat Than the B-2 or F-35
Chinese military analysts rank the US B-52 bomber as a top threat due to its nuclear payload, range, and strategic ...
Regtechtimes on MSN7d
Not Stealth, But Strength: PLA Study Elevates B-52 Above F-22 and F-35 in U.S. Threat Matrix
A recent Chinese military research paper has spotlighted an unexpected threat in the evolving U.S.-China strategic rivalry: ...
PLA researchers rank Cold War relic B-52 a bigger nuclear threat than F-35, B-2
A Chinese military study puts the 70-year-old bomber ahead of sleek, modern aircraft in risk assessment based on limited ...
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Broken Arrow: “By the Slightest Margin of Chance, a Nuclear Explosion Was Averted”
A B-52 with two nuclear bombs crashed in North Carolina in 1961. Recovery crews were unable to find the weapon component ...
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B-52 Bombers Begin Nuclear Training Over the American Heartland
The U.S. Air Force strengthens strategic deterrence with long-range B-52 exercises during primary nuclear training operations across multiple states in the middle of America. The United States Air ...
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Congress wants to restore nukes on conventional B-52 bombers
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 22-3 on Friday to advance its version of the bill with a similar provision directing the restoration of nuclear capabilities across the entire B-52 fleet.
The Aviationist2y
Declassified Video Shows How B-52 Crews Would Conduct Nuclear Strikes During Cold War
A 1960 Strategic Air Command training video familiarized B-52 crews with the devastating effects of nuclear weapons and how to navigate through a nuclear battlefield. The U.S. National Archives ...
New York Post3mon
American B-52 heavy bombers arrive in UK as tensions heat up in Middle East: report
The B-52 Stratofortresses landed at the Royal Air Force’s Fairford base on Tuesday night — just four months after the last pair of nuclear-capable aircraft were spotted at the base for ...
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Nuclear Engines for B-52s: A Long-Forgotten Bonkers DOD Program That Nearly Happened
A B-52 strategic bomber with nuclear engines mounted in the rear? Now that's something we've never seen before. Believe it or not, this was, at one point, genuinely considered a viable upgrade ...
Newsweek3mon
U.S. B-52 Bombers Step Up Flyovers Near Iran
U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses fly in formation over ... they should "give up their entire [nuclear enrichment] program" and "not play games as we've seen Iran do in the past." ...
Reuters2y
NATO to kick off nuclear drills involving B-52 bombers on Monday
The nuclear drills - which do not involve live ... including the most advanced fighter jets on the market and U.S. B-52 long-range bombers that will fly in from Minot Air Base in North Dakota ...
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B-21 Raider nuclear bomber to be unveiled in December
Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force have announced that the B-21 Raider strategic heavy nuclear strike bomber ... the B-21 as a replacement for the B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer, and B-2 ...