

In the air they are highly survivable long range bomb trucks, that all these ones had to be destroyed in drone attacks on the ground is kind of evidence of that.
The US has used its strategic bombing forces for non nuclear attacks extensively as well, including known use of the B2 against the Houthis and B52 against IS in Syria.
Soldering something like this would probably be fine, even just bending it into position would probably be durable enough. For something a little lower investment than welding tho this would probably be a good low stakes project to learn brazing.