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	Heavy bomber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A heavy bomber is a bomber aircraft of the largest size, and typically longest ranges.
		The heavy bomber was generally considered to be any design that delivered 8,000 lb (4 t) of bombs or more on distant targets, with medium bombers having loads of 4,000 to 8,000 lb (2 to 4 t), and light bombers 2,000 to 4,000 lb (1 to 2 t).
		The general utility of a manned heavy bomber has been greatly degraded with the introduction of more accurate munitions such as smart bombs, but the B-52 continues to fill a role when the target requires a massive number of bombs to be dropped.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heavy_bomber (259 words)

	START Treaty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Each heavy bomber equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs in excess of 150 such heavy bombers shall be attributed with a number of warheads equal to the number of long-range nuclear ALCMs for which it is actually equipped.
		Each heavy bomber equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs in excess of 180 such heavy bombers shall be attributed with a number of warheads equal to the number of long-range nuclear ALCMs for which it is actually equipped.
		Those heavy bombers and former heavy bombers at the air base specified by the requesting Party that are not readily movable due to maintenance or operations shall be specified by the requested Party in a notification provided in accordance with paragraph 2 of Section V of the Notification Protocol.
	www.ceip.org /files/projects/npp/resources/start1text.htm (11661 words)

	Definitions Annex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(d) forheavy bombers or former heavy bombers, a specified facility for the conversion of heavy bombers, or the elimination of heavy bombers or former heavy bombers.
		A bomber shall not be considered to be a heavy bomber if it is not equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs, if it is not a model or modification of an accountable heavy bomber, and if it is tested, equipped, and configured exclusively for maritime operations.
		Heavy bombers of the Parties of the types existing as of the date of signature of the Treaty are specified in Article III of the Treaty.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /acda/starthtm/defini.htm (4496 words)

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		Chairman, heavy bomber studies, employment of stealth technology and the B-2 bomber are familiar landmarks along a path I first traveled down nearly 17 years ago.
		For the last 50 years, US bomber aircraft were acquired and equipped primarily to perform the long-range, penetrating mission in response to all-out nuclear war.
		Our heavy bombers possess the characteristics of speed, long-range, and large payloads which are well suited to provide an immediate response to hostile action by some ill-meaning despot.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/congress/1995_hr/950517-bombers.doc (5532 words)

	The "Strategic" Conventional Bombers
		The unique capability our heavy bombers possess significantly add to our nation's potential to conduct conventional operations successfully and technological advances must be pursued to insure this much needed capability is preserved.
		With most of our bomber training focused on a nuclear war against the former Soviet Union, Korea was not seen by SAC as one for their major concerns.
		When our bombers were called to perform direct support missions just prior to the ground war, "strategic" bombers concentrated their conventional power on the elite Republican Guard, breaking their will to fight.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1993/DJL.htm (3337 words)

	Military.com Content
		For the purposes of this Treaty, heavy bombers reoriented to a conventional role are those heavy bombers specified by a Party from among its heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments other than long-range nuclear ALCMs that have never been accountable under the START Treaty as heavy bombers equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMS.
		(d) heavy bombers reoriented to a conventional role shall have differences from other heavy bombers of that type or variant of a type that are observable by national technical means of verification and visible during inspection.
		Such a heavy bomber returned to a nuclear role shall not subsequently be reoriented to a conventional role.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent1?file=cw_startii (2525 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Paragraph 12 of Article IV specifies that the purpose of such exhibitions is to demonstrate to the other Party the specified differences between such reoriented bombers and other heavy bombers of the same type or variant of a type with a nuclear role.
		Providing observable differences between heavy bombers returned to a nuclear role and those of the same type and variant that were never reoriented to a conventional role helps enforce the prohibition of paragraph 9 of Article IV against subsequently reorienting to a conventional role any heavy bomber returned to a nuclear role.
		Subparagraph 1(c) covers inspections of heavy bombers reoriented to a conventional role and subsequently returned to a nuclear role.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /acda/starthtm/s2abahbe.htm (1310 words)

	Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
		A key to the success of the American daytime strategic bombing campaign against Germany was the evolving bomber formation called the "combat box." Designed to maximize defensive firepower and concentrate the group's bomb load, variations of the combat box included 18, 27, 36, or 54 heavy bombers.
		For Allied fighter pilots, the job of escorting the bombers to and from the target was an evolving task as the formations, enemy tactics, and the escort fighters' combat range changed over time.
		When attacking bombers from behind, the idea was to concentrate the attack by hurling one four-plane Schwarm after another at the target aircraft, quickly firing and then flying over the formation.
	www.microsoft.com /games/combatfs1/articles_8.htm (1072 words)

	Ukraine: Bomber Decommissioning/Transfer Developments
		Eleven heavy bombers (three Tu-95MSs and eight Tu-160s) and 581 Kh-55 ALCMs were transferred to Russia in exchange for $285 million in natural gas debt in 2000.[1,2] Two bombers (one Tu-95MS and one Tu-160) were sent to a museum in Poltava, and two Tu-95 MS bombers were converted for environmental reconnaissance missions.[3]
		The decision to dismantle the bombers may have been influenced by US reminders that aid for bomber dismantlement would be halted if the bombers were transferred.[2] For more information on US foreign assistance to Ukraine, see the 8/7/2000 entry in the CTR Developments in Ukraine section.
		The transfer of the strategic bombers from Ukraine to Russia is part of a gas debt settlement.[3] While Ukraine had originally wanted $75 million for each bomber, the final agreement values each bomber at $25 million and the missiles at $10 million, for a total reduction of Ukraine's gas debt by $285 million.
	www.nti.org /db/nisprofs/ukraine/weapons/hvybomr.htm (3676 words)

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	www.lurenet.com /catalog.aspx?catID=BomberLures (761 words)

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		The specific role of a Heavy Torpedo Bomber is as a torpedo equipped craft designed for rapid torpedo delivery, which carries enough torpedoes to be a threat to all but the heaviest of starships and starbases.
		Heavy Bombers are the heaviest starfighters in the Confederation arsenal (falling right below Patrol Combatants in size), and are the key ingredient in successful prosecution of enemy assets, and though they can be used against any target, their strength is usually reserved for high-end super-capital starships.
		It is the slowest bomber in space both at cruise speed and on afterburner, and it is the least maneuverable small craft currently in use by any one government.
	www.geocities.com /capi3101/devastr.html (641 words)

	Handley-Page "Halifax" Heavy Bomber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Halifax heavy bomber proved itself to be Britain's second best heavy bomber, eclipsed only by the superb AVRO Lancaster.
		The Halifax was primarily a night heavy bomber, but it was also used in Coastal Command to hunt U-boats as the Mk.
		I Halifax heavy bomber carried a crew of seven, these being pilot, engineer, bomb aimer/observer, navigator, wireless operator, mid-upper gunner and tail-gunner.
	www.constable.ca /halifax.htm (461 words)

	Ukraine: Weapons: Overview of Heavy Bomber Decommissioning
		Despite this, 19 Tu-160 and 25 Tu-95MS strategic nuclear bombers remained on Ukrainian soil in early 1998,[1] due to Russia and Ukraine's inability to reach an agreement on the value of the aircraft.
		At issue was not only the cost of the heavy bombers, but the number of aircraft included in the sale, their condition, and terms of payment.
		Antonets stated that "the bombers were in good technical and combat condition," and that he "was surprised to hear from [Deynekin] that our strategic aviation was not airworthy." According to Antonets, the sale and transfer of the aircraft "has become a political issue.
	www.nti.org /db/nisprofs/ukraine/bombers.htm (1327 words)

	Business Wire: Heavy Bomber Attacks Dominate Afghan War, Deliv... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heavy Bomber Attacks Dominate Afghan War, Deliver More Than 70% of the Ordinance, According to Exclusive Report in Aviation Week and Technology.
		Heavy bomber advocates note that while the Air Force has dropped about 5,000 tons of bombs, the Navy's strike aircraft have dropped perhaps 1,000 tons.
		To compensate, the bomber flies a tight arc to create a relative bearing change of at least 25 deg.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:80479820&refid=ink_tptd_g1 (790 words)

	START I: Letter on B-1
		(a) B-1 heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments other than long-range nuclear ALCMs are distinguishable from B-1 heavy bombers equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs by a bomb bay configuration involving a bulkhead that, without change, does not permit a long-range nuclear ALCM to be loaded internally.
		(b) B-1 heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments other than long-range nuclear ALCMs shall be made distinguishable from B-1 heavy bombers equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs by the covering, using a process equivalent to welding, of all but the two pylon attachment joints that serve as jacking points for the airplane.
		Although the United States of America has no B-1 heavy bombers equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs, the United States of America shall exhibit a B-1 test heavy bomber that is equipped with long-range nuclear ALCMs during appropriate distinguishability exhibitions pursuant to paragraph 12 of Article XI of the Treaty.
	www.defenselink.mil /acq/acic/treaties/start1/other/letters_bear_b1.htm (1070 words)

	Why Older is Better for Heavy Bombers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Discussion Board on this DLS topic The U.S. Air Force sees a bright future for heavy bombers, even though it is unclear what the design of the next one will be like.
		But the heavy bomber is still considered a valuable asset because of its impressive performance in Afghanistan and Iraq.
		All this meant that the most useful type of bomber, for the ground troops, was one that could carry lots of bombs, and circle the area for hours, waiting for requests to release a bomb.
	www.strategypage.com /dls/articles/2004522a.asp (892 words)

	The Heavy Bomber Industrial Base: A Study of Present and Future Capabilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The thesis of this research is that the concern for heavy bomber production should not be limited to just maintaining the critical skills and capabilities necessary to produce these aircraft, but rather should increase in scope to examine the practical feasibility of procuring bombers in the future at acceptable costs and within required timelines.
		If the present bomber production capability is allowed to drawdown without a comprehensive consideration for future defense needs, tomorrow's inevitable bomber production requirements will severely feel this oversight in terms of money and time.
		Chapter 1 reviews the nation's needs for heavy bombers, discusses three reasons which may determine the need for additional bombers in the future, examines the bomber industrial base in terms of the broader aerospace industry, and defines the B-2 bomber's present curtailment status and production activities.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/bomber/97-0070.htm (618 words)

	START II TREATY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the elimination process for launch canisters of heavy ICBMS, the launch canister shall be cut into two pieces of approximately equal size or into three pieces in such a manner that pieces no less than 1.5 meters long are cut from the ends of the body of such a launch canister.
		(b) to conduct inspections of heavy bombers reoriented to a conventional role, in order to confirm the differences of such heavy bombers from other heavy bombers of that type or variant of a type that are observable by national technical means of verification and visible during inspection.
		At the discretion of the inspected Party, those portions of the heavy bomber that are not subject to inspection may be shrouded.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/acda/st2text.htm (5176 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Lancaster : Raf Heavy Bomber (Living History Series, Charlottesville, Va) (Living History Series ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One of their most powerful weapons was the magnificent Avro Lancaster bomber, with its legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, its enormous bomb bay, and its steadily improving electronic countermeasures that enabled it to strike deep into the heart of Nazi Germany.
		With wonderfully detailed photographs of various crew positions, instrumentation, engines, and armament, along with archival WWII photographs, browsing through the pages of Lancaster: RAF Heavy Bomber is the next best thing to being with the pilots and crews of those thrilling days of yesteryear.
		The fourth book in the "Living History" series on WWII, LANCASTER is filled with full-color photos of historical reenactors working with restored Lancasters and archival photos of the plane that became known as one of the finest heavy bombers to fight in the epic air battles of WWII.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1574270524?v=glance (447 words)

	Battlefield Official Community Site - Planet Battlefield
		Though classified as a light bomber or fighter bomber, in practical terms the Henschel was designed as a tank killer.
		The country was desperate for a heavy fighter that could fill multiple roles, and the Me 329 seemed capable of filling bill.
		Consequently, this tank was constructed with a German gun as opposed to a Japanese one.
	www.planetbattlefield.com /bf1942/tweakin/mods/anubis (1634 words)

	Comando Supremo: Piaggio P.108 Heavy Bomber
		The Piaggio P.108 B was the only heavy four-engine bomber to see service with the Regia Aeronautica during World War Two.
		The first prototype was finished in 10/39 and had a very advanced defensive armament for its day of two 7.7 mm machine waist guns, a 12.7 mm machine gun in the lower turret and a similar weapon in the nose turret, and two remotely-controlled twin gun turrets in outer engine nacelles.
		The first Allied bomber with a similar armament was the Boeing B 29, developed four years later.
	www.comandosupremo.com /P108.html (520 words)

	Relic Forums - heavy bombers ....
		The heavy bomber carries a single bomb bay filled with proximity mines.
		These bombers are relativily slow compares to most fighters but are heavily armored.
		Once the bomber and the target are relativily stationary, the heavy bomber will start to decent towards the surface of the ship to the point where meganatic mines can home onto the ship, then it will vent its entire supply of mines in a string, quickly damage or/ and destroy the target ship.
	forums.relicnews.com /showthread.php?t=10373 (546 words)

	Avro Lancaster - seven seat heavy bomber
		In September 1936 the Air Staff issued specification P.13/36 for a twin-engined bomber of exceptional size and capability to be powered by one of the very powerful engines then under development: the Rolls-Royce Vulture 24-cylinder X engine was preferred.
		Though it equipped eight Bomber Command squadrons, and parts of two others plus a flight in Coastal Command, the Manchester was withdrawn fromservice in June 1942 and survivors were scrapped.
		Deliveries began early in 1942 to 44 Squadron at Waddington, and on 17th April 1942 a mixed force of 44 and 97 Squadrons made a rather foolhardy daylight raid against the MAN plant at Augsburg, whereupon the new bomber's existence was revealed.
	www.btinternet.com /~lee_mail/lancaster.html (707 words)

	U.S. Heavy Bomber Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Designed as an intercontinental bomber capable of carrying a 10,000 lb load up to 10,000 miles, the B-35 flying wing and its jet powered relatives were to realize Jack Northrop's ultimate vision of large all wing aircraft.
		Depth (top to bottom) of the inboard bomb bays was 78” tapering to 61” and the outboard bays only 38” tapering to 35.” The bomb bay depth of the YB-49 was identical with the exception of bays 1 and 8 being sealed to accommodate the jet engines and fuel cells.
		In a situation that would have spelled the death knell for any other postwar bomber, it was decided that a service test quantity of ten aircraft would be procured to evaluate the all wing configuration.
	members.aol.com /nukeinfo (2086 words)

	Burk's Bay™ Products : Leather Bomber Jackets : Style # 100 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	B-24 Liberator the other hesvy bomber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However, standard operational procedure in actual combat operations with the 8th and 15th Air Force in Europe called for 155 miles per hour indicated, 25000 feet altitude with a bomb load of 5500 pounds and a maximum total range of 1200 miles.
		In the Pacific, Liberators gradually replaced the B-17 in the heavy bomber role, largely because of the B-24's greater range.
		During the early part of the war, the B-24 and PB4Y were the only American heavy bombers covering the seas from Alaska to India.
	www.b17sam.com /B24.html (502 words)

	4th Robotech War: RDF Veritech Mecha - VAB-1 Wolverine Veritech Heavy Bomber
		The gunpod is mounted on a special internal hardpoint in the right and left wing of the veritech in fighter mode, and is hand-held in guardian and battloid modes.
		The VAB-1 Wolverine sprang from this concept as a heavy bomber capable of carrying an incredible payload larger than any previous design while still maintaining the ability to defend itself against hostile interceptors.
		However, an unescorted squadron of bombers facing heavy fighter defenses, the Wolverine is outclassed even with its passive stealth design.
	www.geocities.com /spiffy5181/vab1.html (2168 words)

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