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 All nuclear weapons deliver a huge destructive power by releasing the very powerful forces which hold atoms - the building blocks of all matter - together. Most nuclear weapons deployed today have explosive powers ranging from 100,000 tonnes of TNT equivalent (100 kilotonnes or kT) up to several million tonnes (MT). The B-21 Raider is unveiled during a ceremony at Northrop Grumman's Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, December 2, 2022. - The high-tech stealth bomber can carry nuclear and conventional Each missile is capable of holding up to 12 nuclear warheads -- one reason why these submarines are able to carry about 70% of the nation's active nuclear arsenal allowed by the New START Treaty. 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 The bomber will be able to carry both conventional and nuclear weapons, which will combine with Boeing's B-52 strategic bombers to replace the existing fleet of B-1 and B-2 bombers. Home Military Aviation Everything You Need To Know About The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit By Mark Finlay and Alexander Mitchell Updated Dec 8, 2023 Only 21 B-2 stealth bombers were ever built. Photo: United States Air Force Summary The monstrous plane can carry a payload of up to 70,000 pounds, including up to 20 air-launched cruise missiles. USAF via Wikimedia Commons You can opt-out at any time. ji278Rf.