Since those cool jet fighter "missile carriers" just point at a target and press button to fulfill their function, I wonder if the mighty stealth bomber(current range of 7k miles), which is capable of carrying far more counter-AA munitions and electronics and cannon, will eventually incorporate some sort of internal hybrid blimp technology and achieve extended loiter time to become a multi-purpose sector entity as well as just a single mission use aircraft for there and back.
It could do AA as well as AG, survey and jam, plus limited ground support on demand.
Jack of all trades like the Hind but king of bombing.