What is a strategic bomber, the difference between an ordinary bomber and a strategic bomber

To put it simply, it is a bomber with a range sufficient to fly across continents to carry out missions, and the bomb load is much larger than that of ordinary fighter attack aircraft.

A strategic bomber is a long-range, large-bomb bomber, and because it is already a part of the strategic deterrent force, it is called a strategic bomber.

Bomber aircraft that carry out strategic strikes and strategic deterrence.

To put it simply, bombers with high-power nuclear **, such as the Russian Tu-160, the American B2

Strategic bombers have a long range and can use nuclear weapons**.

A strategic bomber is only a type of bomber, which generally refers to a medium- and long-range bomber used to perform strategic tasks. (However, the definition of "medium and long-range" is different at different times.) It is an important component of strategic nuclear forces and one of the main carriers of large-yield nuclear **.

It can carry both nuclear and conventional bombs; It can not only drop nuclear bombs at close range, but also launch cruise missiles at long distances, and can be used for strategic offensive purposes, and when necessary, it can also carry out tactical bombing missions to support army and naval operations. Depending on the combat mission, strategic bombers can be divided into nuclear penetration bombers, cruise missile-carrying aircraft, and conventional bombers.

As for the question you added: In fact, any ** must have a certain amount to have an effect, and this so-called role is not absolute. First of all, it is easy to destroy on the one hand and difficult to produce sufficient destructive power on the other hand.

Can you imagine that if the United States had only one plane that could drop a nuclear bomb on China, would we need to be afraid of it? Secondly, the alleged role of strategic bombers is primarily deterrence, and only the United States will use strategic bombers to carry out tactical missions (B52). As a deterrent, three or two strategic bombers can scare Philippine to death, but twenty or thirty may not be able to scare China.

So, of course, the more strategic bombers, the better.

Strategic bombers are one of the bombers, bombers are divided into light, medium, and heavy bombers according to their size, and tactical bombers and strategic bombers are divided according to combat missions.

The general strategic bomber refers to a bomber with a long range and a large load. In the past, it was believed that strategic bombers must have numerical superiority in order to have sufficient deterrence, but now it has long been different, the development of technology has made a strategic bomber have great power, and the service of B2 has completely subverted the so-called numerical superiority, and the US Air Force's current 20 B2A have enough deterrent power to deter the world.

Compare the H-6 with the B52: it can be found.

The strategic bomber has a long range (the range of the B52 is almost twice that of the H-6) and a large load capacity (the B52 has a conservative load of 4 times that of the H-6). Nope.

The H-6 can also carry air-launched long-range cruise missiles, nuclear aerial bombs and nuclear missiles, and ordinary aerial bombs for carpet bombing, and the B52 has no advantages over the H-6 in terms of speed and penetration capability. The speed is about the same, and the radar reflection area is large. But the B52 can be a strategic bomber, and the H-6 is not.

Strategic bombers require long ranges. The radius of the battle is large. Large bomb load. Strong penetration ability.

Tactical bombers are mainly based on direct support for ground operations or hitting ground targets, with a general range of medium and long range, relatively high defense, good speed, and medium and upper bomb load, such as F-111 Su-24 Individual also has air combat capabilities, such as our Flying Leopard, Su-34 The general mobility is relatively good, because it is direct battlefield support, similar to a strong attack aircraft, but the bomb load is much larger.

The strategic bomber has the largest bomb load, and when it is designed, it is designed to carry out tasks across the sea and across continents, mainly to strike at strategic targets in the enemy's rear, such as factories, cities, strategic locations, etc., and weaken the enemy's war potential in this way.

There is a fundamental difference between the two, modern strategic bombers are designed for nuclear strikes. Tactical bombers, which were originally designed for conventional combat, have now been retired due to their inferior performance to attack aircraft.

It is generally believed that strategic bombers have the characteristics of long range, large bomb load, excellent single aircraft penetration ability, etc., but in fact, all these designs are made for the use of nuclear bombs, in order to ensure that even in the most desperate war situation, these bombers can penetrate behind enemy lines and drop nuclear warheads on the opponent's hometown. Of course, nuclear warheads are not easily used, and aircraft cannot be left to the dust, so strategic bombers will also use their own characteristics to carry out some tasks to strike at targets in the rear of the opposing side - these tasks are handed over to tactical bombers and even attack aircraft and fighters without any problems.

Tactical bombers are those old bombers who can't penetrate and drop nuclear bombs, and in the era when conventional bombs were prevalent in large-scale bombing, it was indeed defined by the definition that idkey-kun said. Now as the attack aircraft become more and more powerful, tactical bombers have been replaced, the current air force has no tactical bombers, including the attack aircraft listed by idkey, at that time we called fighter-bombers fighter-bombers, and now pure bombers, are strategic bombers that can drop mushroom bombs.

The difference in range and bomb load, the range and bomb load of a strategic bomber is much greater than that of a tactical bomber.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force was established on November 11, 1949, and was equipped with a variety of aircraft at the beginning of its establishment. There were all kinds of aircraft captured by the Kuomintang Air Force, as well as various types of aircraft imported from the Soviet Union. Generally speaking, the bomber models equipped by China's air force include the Soviet Union's Du-2, Du-4, Il-28, Tu-16, and domestically produced H-5 and H-6.

The H-6 aircraft currently in service belong to the first generation of high-subsonic medium-range strategic bombers. Its maximum take-off weight is 75,800 kilograms, the maximum level flight speed is 1,014 kilometers per hour, the maximum range is 6,000 kilometers, the maximum bomb load is 9,000 kilograms, and it can be hung with nuclear bombs and conventional bombs. At present, it is popular in the world to carry out information transformation of the original mechanized platform to improve its overall combat effectiveness and extend its service life.

Through a series of transformations, the combat effectiveness of the H-6 will also be greatly improved.

Strategic and tactical bombers are divided according to the nature of their missions. Strategic bombers are mainly used to bomb important large targets in the enemy's great depth, while tactical bombers are mainly used to bomb tactical targets in the enemy's shallow depth.

1. Strategic bombers have a long range, and tactical bombers have a short range; Clause.

Second, strategic bombers have a large bomb load, and tactical bombers have a small bomb load; Clause.

Third, strategic bombers have strong self-defense capabilities, while tactical bombers have weak self-defense capabilities.

There is no most advanced, and China's only strategic bomber is the H-6. That's the kind of model in history.

Due to the replacement of the engine of the H-6K, the range of the H-6K has been greatly increased, with a maximum range of 8,000 kilometers, which has crossed the threshold of strategic bombers. (Previously, the H-6 was a medium bomber), which can carry 6 cruise missiles, and its attack capabilities are quite good.

In addition, China has only more than 10 H-6K, and the number is still very small. Far from meeting the needs of the Air Force.

China does not have strategic bombers.