It looks like each plane can carry about 90 tons of ordinance.
That’s funny! 🤣 Carry 3 times max payload of a B52 you say!?
Yes Dan, you are correct. With just a quick look on the web, I failed to realize how much of the gross tonnage was fuel.
Thanks for the correction.
further searching:
B-1 b...Payload 75,000 lbs internal (34,019 kg), 50,000 lbs external.
B-52 ....
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 488,000 pounds (219,600 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 312,197 pounds (141,610 kilograms)
Payload: 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms)
TU-95.. This is what I was looking at yesterday
Empty weight: 90,000 kg (198,416 lb)
Gross weight: 171,000 kg (376,990 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 188,000 kg (414,469 lb)
Found today:Armament - Primary Bomb tonnage up to 12,000kg (26,400 lb)
I do find myself quite amused by the reactions of many to this OP.
Russia launches a flight of TU 95 bombers so the world is ending in a nuclear holocaust.
Does Russia go to DefCon ONE every time we put a B-2 or a B-52 into the air? They are "nuke capable".
