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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The B-52 could carry 70,000 lbs in armaments and had enough fuel to fly 14,000km (about 1/3 the earth’s circumferance.
Big and heavy. Check out [this photo](https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-many-bombs-a-b-52-can-haul-2015-6) of the complete loadout of a B52.
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