I checked Rafale beats everyone in fuel economy and empty/loaded ratio ?

http://www.aviatia.net/versus/rafale-vs-eurofighter/

Is it stealth or supercruise ?

Nobody though teh eternal USSR would collapse, that is why he gave it to them.

Was it part of Ukraine before USSR “annexed” these areas ?

The **** is just about to hit the proverbial fan

From pprune

Bloomberg is just reporting that the US has escalated even further, citing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, who “has claimed that in the case of an escalation of unrest in Crimea, the U.S. Army is ready to back up Ukraine and its allies in Europe with military actions.

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/533161-war-russia-next-12.html

I think…joint chief general should sit back and smell the coffee beans.

Photo of some wreckage that was shown on Sky News. At first glance it looks like it could be one of the wing exit hatches.

To me it looks like the small carco area door with window in the middle ?

The B-1 can carry approx. 30,000 kg. the Tu-160 approx. 45,000 kg both with ranges of thousands of miles with internal fuel.

What is your point?

You have to think about it…B-52 carries 100 000 kg of ordnance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress

It has never been easier to do collateral damage as it is today…unfortunately.

Is this remotely possible by western militaries?

I think a 40 million bomber is possible..you just have to change the entire philosophy and way of doing things as they are today.

Then again we could also rethink why dropping bombs on people in the first place is plausible at any circumstances…that would make the bombers obsolete all together. Word bomber usually refers to mass bombing and casualties on civilians.