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exactly. the only air forces in the world with dedicated heavy bombers are US and Russia. They also have the largest airforces in the world. Even the PLAAF's H-6 bombers are more missile platforms than real bombers.
so many airforces in the world dont have bombers. the british, french, germans, israelis, chinese, indians, koreans, swedes etc have capable airforces without utilising heavy bombers.
also the israeli bombing of lebanon showed that strike aircraft can deal a lot of damage. considering the collateral damage even when using strike aircraft with LGBs, imagine the collateral damage if heavy bombers are used! it'll be a nightmare for the bombing side. international pressure would be too much
Dear su-47, sir
frist of all here is list of bombers, which are in services of different airforces in the world. i hope it will make you happy.
1946-CURRENT
CANADA
CP-140A Arcturus (maritime patrol)
Canadair CP-107 Argus (maritime patrol)
France
Breguet Alizé (anti-submarine aircraft)
Breguet Atlantique (maritime patrol)
Dassault Étendard VI (fighter-bomber)
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (attack aircraft)
Dassault Mirage IV (strategic bomber)
Dassault Mirage 2000N
Sud Aviation Vautour (fighter-bomber)
(CHINA)
Harbin H-5 (medium bomber)
Q-5 Fantan (attack aircraft)
Tu-4 Bull (strategic bomber)
Xian H-8
Xian JH-7 (fighter-bomber)
Xian H-6 (medium bomber)
United States
Boeing P-8 Poseidon (maritime patrol)
B-36 Peacemaker (heavy bomber)
B-45 Tornado (reconnaissance bomber)
B-47 Stratojet (strategic bomber)
B-50 Superfortress (strategic bomber)
B-52 Stratofortress (strategic bomber)
B-57 Canberra (reconnaissance bomber)
B-58 Hustler (strategic bomber)
B-66 Destroyer (light bomber)
Douglas Skyraider (attack aircraft)
Douglas A-4 (attack aircraft)
XB-70 Valkyrie (strategic bomber prototype)
General Dynamics F-111 (fighter-bomber)
Grumman AF Guardian (anti-submarine aircraft)
Grumman S-2 Tracker (anti-submarine aircraft)
Grumman A-6 (attack aircraft)
F-117 Nighthawk (stealth attack aircraft)
Lockheed P2V Neptune (maritime patrol)
Lockheed P-3 Orion (maritime patrol)
Lockheed S-3 Viking (anti-submarine aircraft)
Martin P5M Marlin (maritime patrol)
Martin AM Mauler (attack aircraft)
North American A-5 (reconnaissance bomber)
Northrop B-2 Spirit (stealth bomber)
Republic A-10 (attack aircraft)
Rockwell B-1 Lancer (strategic bomber)
Vought A-7 (attack aircraft)
USSR/Russia
Beriev Be-10 (maritime patrol)
Beriev Be-12 (maritime patrol)
Ilyushin Il-28 (medium bomber)
Ilyushin Il-38 (maritime patrol)
Mikoyan MiG-25 (reconnaissance/bomber)
Mikoyan MiG-27 (attack aircraft)
Myasishchev M-4 (strategic bomber)
Myasishchev M-50 (strategic bomber prototype)
Sukhoi Su-7 (fighter-bomber)
Sukhoi Su-17 (fighter-bomber)
Sukhoi Su-24 (attack aircraft)
Sukhoi Su-25 (attack aircraft)
Sukhoi Su-34 (fighter-bomber)
Sukhoi T-4 (strategic bomber prototype)
Tupolev Tu-4 (strategic bomber)
Tupolev Tu-14 (light/torpedo bomber)
Tupolev Tu-16 (strategic bomber)
Tupolev Tu-22 (medium bomber)
Tupolev Tu-22M (strategic bomber)
Tupolev Tu-85 (strategic bomber prototype)
Tupolev Tu-95 (strategic bomber)
Tupolev Tu-142 (maritime patrol)
Tupolev Tu-160 (strategic bomber)
Yakovlev Yak-26 (tactical bomber)
Yakovlev Yak-28 (reconnaissance/tactical bomber)
Netherlands
Fokker F-27 maritime (maritime patrol)
United Kingdom
Avro Lincoln (heavy bomber)
Avro Shackleton (maritime patrol)
Avro Vulcan (strategic bomber)
Bristol Brigand (topedo bomber)
BAC TSR-2 (tactical strike/reconnaissance prototype)
English Electric Canberra (reconnaissance bomber)
Fairey Gannet (attack aircraft)
Handley Page Victor (strategic bomber)
Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod (maritime patrol)
Vickers Valiant (strategic bomber)
ISRAELs unhumman attacks on lebanon never being seen as what we are doing in FATA, it cant match what we were facing in our tribal areas. for example ! how can you JUSTIFY use of a F-16 to kill a head of HAMAAS, most of the strikes conducted by israeli f-16s were targeted murders of the HEZBOLLAHA, HAMAAS & PLO head of freedom fighters by a guided missile strike, any way its not a full combat situation. in a full combat situation with lebonan, with hezbollaha Isreal failed because isreali trops cant get hold the fighters, so its imposible for israel to hit them hard once and for all.
by the way, israel lost the last war against hezbollaha,& against lebonan, that was the very reason , why last primeminster of israel became unpopular in the frist place, that was very reason thats why, ISRAELI govt had to free a lot of prisnors from isreali unhumman jails , just to recive 2 bodies of israeli soldiers.
i dont understand, how you can see this great failiure of israeli govt, as a great sucsess.