B-1B air refueling — USAF · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Strategic bomber

Air

A large, long-range aircraft that can fly across continents to strike targets deep inside an enemy country, with conventional or nuclear weapons. Only the USA, Russia and China operate true strategic bombers.
Bombers are one leg of the 'nuclear triad', together with land-based missiles and missile submarines.

Well-known examples

**B-2 Spirit**Royal Air Force · OGL v1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**B-52 Stratofortress**Airman 1st Class Victor J. Caputo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**B-21 Raider**USAF · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**Tu-160**Alex Beltyukov · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**Tu-95**Sergey Kustov · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**H-6**日本防衛省·統合幕僚監部 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Well-known examples — All

B-2 Spirit B-52 Stratofortress B-21 Raider (USA) Tu-160 Tu-95 (Russia) H-6 (China)

Countries with the most — Attack aircraft & bombers

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1United States926
2Russian Federation698
3China371
4India124
5Korea, Dem. People's Rep.114
6Korea, Rep.98
7Pakistan90
8Italy65
9Germany63
10Japan47