Jet Bomber (Civ6)

The Jet Bomber is an air bomber unit in Civilization VI. It upgrades from the (or its replacements) and requires .
In the Gathering Storm expansion, the Jet Bomber requires 1 to train and 1 per turn to maintain.
* Attributes:
** Has of 5.
** -17 Bombard Strength against land units.
* Abilities:
** May Pillage tile improvements and s (destroying them, but not gaining yields).
** May perform a Nuclear and Thermonuclear Strike, if your civilization has these weapons.
** Priority target: may attack Civilian or Support units in formation directly
== Strategy ==
Jet Bombers are invaluable units in Information Era warfare. Using normal bombing runs, Jet Bombers can quickly wear down a city's defenses, allowing the city to be taken easily. If necessary, a Jet Bomber is also capable of performing a Nuclear or Thermonuclear Strike, which will instantly destroy the defenses of any cities caught within the blast radius. Like Bombers, Jet Bombers are still vulnerable to Anti-Air Guns, Mobile SAMs, patrolling fighters, a select few naval units, and (in Gathering Storm) Giant Death Robots.
When delivering nuclear weapons, the attack will fail and the nuke will be lost if the Jet Bomber falls below 50% HP during an interception, so always make sure your Jet Bomber is in good health and the anti-air defenses are cleared before delivering a nuclear payload.
=== Bugs ===
In the iOS versions of the game, using the Jet Bomber to attack causes a visual glitch to occur where the screen freezes before the animation finishes. However, the game itself continues to run. This glitch can be avoided by swiping the screen away from the attack's animation before it happens.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Trivia ==
* The Jet Bomber's model is based on the , an American long-range bomber built by Boeing after World War II. Despite this, the icon for Stealth Technology (which unlocks the Jet Bomber) shows a .
* The Jet Bomber can be landed and launched from Aircraft Carriers in-game. In real life, Aircraft Carriers are not large enough to reliably station most modern strategic bombers, as there is not enough space to consistently land/take-off.