#Russian Strategic Bombers
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-a7ee045dab7593b392d62a82d76f9cc5.jpg "Illustrative image. Maxar satellite imagery shows Tu-95 bombers intact at Belaya Airbase before the June 2025 drone strike, May 22, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Illustrative image. 9K720 Iskander-M launch in 2018. (Source: Wikimedia)]( "Illustrative image. 9K720 Iskander-M launch in 2018. (Source: Wikimedia)")
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![Photo of Vlad Litnarovych]( "Photo of Vlad Litnarovych")
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Russia has changed the way it conducts missile attacks on Ukraine following Operation Spiderweb—a series of Ukrainian deep-strike drone raids that destroyed several Russian strategic bombers on their airfields.![Fragments of a Russian guided aerial bomb with a UMPB unit are in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on September 19, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "October 2025 Sees Highest Number of 5,000 Russian Guided Aerial Bombs Dropped on Ukraine")
![Concept image of Russia’s next-generation stealth bomber PAK DA “Poslannik,” designed with a flying-wing configuration. (Photo: open-source)]( "Concept image of Russia’s next-generation stealth bomber PAK DA “Poslannik,” designed with a flying-wing configuration. (Photo: open-source)")
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![Photo of Ivan Khomenko]( "Photo of Ivan Khomenko")
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A new intelligence leak has revealed how Russia’s most advanced military aviation programs—including the strategic stealth bomber PAK DA and Su-57 fighter jet—depend heavily on foreign technologies despite years of domestic development efforts.![An unexploded Russian guided bomb lies in a field in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, January 30, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "An unexploded Russian guided bomb lies in a field in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, January 30, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian Strategic Tu-160 Bombers Malfunction, Fail to Launch Missiles During Massive Ukraine Strike]( "Russian Strategic Tu-160 Bombers Malfunction, Fail to Launch Missiles During Massive Ukraine Strike")
![A Tale of Two Bomber Fleets: US Modernizes B-52s, While Russia’s Bombers Cripple After Operation Spiderweb]( "A Tale of Two Bomber Fleets: US Modernizes B-52s, While Russia’s Bombers Cripple After Operation Spiderweb")
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![Photo of Vlad Litnarovych]( "Photo of Vlad Litnarovych")
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The B-52 Stratofortress, a Cold War icon once expected to retire decades ago, is being reborn for 21st-century warfare. As part of a sweeping modernization program, the US Air Force is upgrading the bomber with new engines, advanced avionics, and enhanced weapons capabilities—transforming the 70-year-old aircraft into a central pillar of America’s long-range strike forces.
