- Domain
- Strategic
- NCF capability
- Strategic deterrence
- Military Balance category
- Bombers (heavy)
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Cross-listed to
- Strike and bomber
- Evidence that places a platform here
- strategic bomber · heavy bomber · B-(1|2|21|52)\b · Tu-(95|160|22M) · H-6\b
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesNoneUnited KingdomNoneAustraliaNoneFranceNoneGermanyNoneJapanNoneSouth KoreaNoneCanadaNoneItalyNoneIndiaNoneTürkiyeNoneSaudi ArabiaNoneBrazilNoneIndonesiaNoneMexicoNoneArgentinaNoneSouth AfricaNoneRussiaLegacy only · 1ChinaLegacy only · 5IsraelNoneUkraineNoneTaiwanNoneIranNoneNorth KoreaNone
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 1 of these 1, retirements for 0. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
| Platform | Operators | Active | On order | In service | Generation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tupolev Tu-160 | 1 | 1987 | SUN | |||
| Xian H-6 | 1 | CHN |
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only strategic bomber in colour.