B-1B strategic bomber is one of the troika of the United States strategic bomber, B-1B strategic bomber is characterized by supersonic flight capability, which is also a capability that the other two strategic bombers in the United States do not have, B-1B strategic bomber wants to achieve supersonic flight must be coordinated with the variable swept wing aerodynamic layout, and it is precisely because of the aerodynamic layout of the variable swept wing that the B-1B strategic bomber is quite expensive in terms of maintenance costs, and at the same time in the maintenance process of the B-1B strategic bomber is also very difficultAt present, the number of B-1B strategic bombers of the US military that can carry out combat readiness tasks is very limited, and only about 40 B-1B strategic bombers can carry out combat readiness tasks, which is quite low compared with the total number of B-1B strategic bombers produced.
B-1B strategic bombers were also deployed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the second island chain, to carry out deterrence and sword targeting missions against China. It has been learned that during the deployment of the B-1B strategic bomber in Guam, it also interacted with Japan and the ROK on many occasions. During the interaction between South Korea, the B-1B strategic bomber also made an emergency landing at the Kadena base of the US military in Japan due to mechanical failure, and after the emergency landing at the US military base, the B-1B strategic bomber also returned to Guam after a long wait, but now the B-1B strategic bomber has been withdrawn from the Indo-Pacific deployment, because the strategic bomber deployed in the Indo-Pacific region has become the B-52H strategic bomber, after the United States implements the dynamic deployment of strategic bombers, the US strategic bombers will usually be deployed in rotation, and the B-1B and B-52H strategic bombers will appear in Guam in rotation。
After the B-1B strategic bomber was deployed and withdrawn from the Indo-Pacific region, the B-1B strategic bomber had launched a bombing campaign against the Middle East with the cooperation of air tankers, and the United States' bombing of the Middle East was in fact foremend, because under Biden's instructions, the United States had carried out air strikes on Syria and Iraq, and the bombing was obviously related to the attack on the United States base in Jordan some time ago, a mysterious military base in Jordan had been attacked by drones, and many types of fighters, including B-1B strategic bombers, carried out bombing operations against targets in the Middle EastThe United States stressed that the bombing of the Middle East by B-1B strategic bombers was a non-stop flight, which also means that the bombing of the Middle East was carried out with the cooperation of a large number of air tankers.
B-1B strategic bombers have now launched a high-intensity bombing campaign in the Middle East, and at the same time, the United States has once again deployed B-52H strategic bombers to Guam, on the day of January 31, the Japanese side has made public information that the F-15 fighter jets of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and a B-52H strategic bomber of the US military have carried out a joint operation, and in this joint operation, the B-52H strategic bomber has entered the air defense identification zone of the East China Sea, and the United States has now once again deployed B-52H strategic bombers to Guam, judging from the information disclosed by the United StatesThe B-52H strategic bombers dispatched by the United States from the Fifth Bomber Wing flew from North Dakota to Guam for deployment, and the deployment of the B-52H strategic bombers was also to show off their muscles to China.
The United States is very keen on the deployment of a large number of bombers on Guam, but in fact, the bombers deployed by the United States on Guam are no longer in the safe, because China already has the ability to strike Guam, and China can use a variety of weapons, including the Dongfeng-26 ballistic missile, to strike targets on Guam, and of course, the YJ-21 anti-ship ballistic missiles carried by the Type 055 10,000-ton missile destroyer can also launch attacks on targets in Guam. Text/Iris