Daily Mail panic over Russian bombers.

[superkartracer]

Agreed but they are still a scary threat.

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

520k people dead in the blink of an eye with just one 200kt ( tiny really ) bomb dropped on London.

[skyrover]

superkartracer said:

Agreed but they are still a scary threat.

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

520k people dead in the blink of an eye with just one 200kt ( tiny really ) bomb dropped on London.

bombers very vulnerable to air defences... so unlikely to make it to within range

[superkartracer]

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Aging_Tu-95_Nuclea...

Read the link i posted, 3000km range means they are well outside any threat.

Cruise missiles are what have given the Tu-95 an unlikely but formidable new lease on life in the new century. Russia's KH-55 ALCMs (NATO designation AS-15 Kent) are very good indeed. They fly three times as fast as their American counterpart, the venerable Tomahawk ALCM. The Tomahawk is subsonic, but the KH-55 can fly three times as fast. They have a maximum speed of well over 1,900 miles an hour -- Mach 2.8 -- at sea level, and they have a range of 2,000 miles.

So.... could be launched from someplace like Greenland, good luck stopping those.

Edited by superkartracer on Monday 28th April 13:40