Actually, Cow, I bought a Soviet bomber on R2 the only 2 Alpha3 games I’ve played so far, and both times it got shot down immediately on the first mission, and without doing any damage! (one SBR, another trying to fend off the Japs and hitting nothing)
But Russia shouldn’t be doing bombing raids with that bomber at all!
It’s needed for offensive power together with INF & ART (instead of tanks who usually get killed off after they have taken a territory), combined with the superior range, necessary in such a large country.
For the price of 2 tanks you get a unit that (if used without too much risk) will last many turns.