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Strategic Bombers

Stealth Fighters, 4.5+ Gen Multi-Role, Strategic Bombers, Combat UAVs & Attack Helicopters

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Top 5 Air Dominance Capability Pentagon

Stealth & RCS • Avionics & AESA • Kinematics • Payload • Survivability & EW
TOP 5 CONTENDERS
Multi-dimensional sub-scores normalized on a 0-100 tactical scale evaluated by the GMR Multi-Domain Scoring Engine.

Top Air Dominance Contenders

#1🇺🇸
B-2 SpiritUnited States • Northrop Grumman
Gen598.3
#2🇷🇺
Tu-160 BlackjackRussia • Tupolev (UAC)
Gen458.0
Hardware-Dominant Kill-Chain WeightingReal-Time Fleet Overmatch
B-2 Spirit
#1
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B-2 Spirit

Gen5bombersNorthrop Grumman
United States• Introduced: 1997
Air Dominance Index98.3
Fielded Operators:🇺🇸US19
Radar SensorAN/APQ-181 Ku-band AESA active electronically scanned array radar
Max VelocityMach 0.82
Combat Radius4995 km
Service Ceiling15k m
Stealth & RCS97.8
Avionics & AESA90.2
Kinematics73.8
Payload75.5
Survivability & EW82.8
Tu-160 Blackjack
#2
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Tu-160 Blackjack

Gen4bombersTupolev (UAC)
Russia• Introduced: 1987
Air Dominance Index58.0
Fielded Operators:🇷🇺RU16
Radar SensorNovella NV1.70 phased array navigation/attack radar
Max VelocityMach 1.81
Combat Radius5535 km
Service Ceiling16k m
Stealth & RCS36.3
Avionics & AESA84.7
Kinematics88.5
Payload59.8
Survivability & EW75.8