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Originally Posted by Bella
Real quick......If your talking about how the B-52 is comparable to the TU-95, I do have some few stats that I know.
TU-95:
Range- 9,100 to 9,500 miles
Speed- 550 mph to 575 mph
Surface Ceiling- 39,000 feet
Payload- 44,090 lbs
B-52
Range- 10,500 to 12,000 miles
Speed- 640 mph to 670 mph
Surface Ceiling- 50,000 feet
Payload- 70,000+
As we all know, figures differ everywhere, but when it comes to war, I would like my bombs, and not nuclear, their faster, higher, and with greater range than anyone else.
Plus, a bomber that flies like a 1970's-2000 aircraft at an altitude of 39,000 feet can be taken out pretty easy.
I'm not a military professional, but I'm going to have to assume that even a shoulder fired rocket could hit the T-95.
I might be wrong!!......And for that I apologize!
Shoot! Just look at how hard the Russians and Russian equipment had with the SR-71!
No surface to air missile or fighter could even intercept it....
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-As you already posted yourself where exactly does the B-52 have a huge advantage? They are pretty much the same , plus the Tu-142 is a very usefull platform for naval activity.
-Whats with faster and bigger range weapons??? Try Kh-22 or Kh-55 variants of Bears and you got a bomber with supersonic or 3000km range cruise missiles where exactly do yours compare to? , now tell me if that doesn't sound usefull to you? Even without them , even without anything but simple bombs you got yourself a strategic bomber that nobody but Russia or the USA has , and strategic bombers have prooven themself to be everything but useless.
-Old bomber? the bombers have been upgraded several times and they are far from beeing old , same goes for B-52 , you got a bomber that was created several decades ago but all the versions are upgraded to very modern standards and are not the 50's bombers anymore
-What are you talking about?? no man portable anti air systems can reach 39,000 feet
To other ppl im not comparing B-52 and Tu-95 because B-52 is better overall in my opinion but the Tu-95 does not fall that much behind too call it useless , and I suggest you go read more articles on the Bear because you don't seem to know much about it calling it useless and bad.