Pangur
Donor
I have wondered for some time now if we will ever see a new B-52 type hevay bomberm bascially a long range bomb truck. AFAIK the last B-52 was built in 1962 or 63 which is a very long time ago. I know there was lots of plans to replace it over the decades however none of the designs look to me to be bomb trucks. I appreciate that they B-1 can and does drop iron bombs however to my eyes its just not in the same league as a B-52. Seeing as they still go on combat missions that would suggest that role/requirement has not gone awy so that being the case will be see another heavy bomber in the next say 20 years?