Because I frequently look up military aircraft a lot on Wikipedia, and time and time again, I keep hearing how bombers are slower and less maneuverable than either fighters, attackers, or multirole aircraft. So does that mean that bombers are more heavily armored than the other three types of military aircraft? If not, and armor just weighs down *any* plane, why are bombers the largest, slowest, and leave maneuverable of the military aircraft, anyway?
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In addition to the comments here, there is also a marked difference in how you want these types of planes to be. Fighters need to be inherently unstable in order to be able to make rapid directional changes to aid their engagement patterns, whereas bombers will prioritise stability for better weapons (i.e. bomb) deployment. The 2 design requirements are diametrically opposed and deliberately so.
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