According to US military media, the stealth bomber unit in the United States recently conducted a rapid large-scale flight and combat exercise, and all 12 stealth bombers were dispatched urgently. It only took 15 minutes for the missiles to arrive at the airfield, and the US bomber units had to be dispatched in a hurry to avoid being hit by the east wind.
Twelve US bombers were dispatched to practice evading intercontinental missile strikes
At Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, the United States, during the U.S. military's "Ghost Alert 2024" exercise, 12 B2 stealth strategic bombers of the 509th Bomber Wing carried out a large-scale flight sortie, and the U.S. military also disclosed the on-site drill video.
B2 bomber pilots quickly dispatched after the alarm
It can be seen that the US bomber pilots quickly assembled after receiving the alarm, got into the car and drove to their respective aircraft forts to start the B2 stealth bomber. Each bomber took off at a minimum interval, each bomber took off at an interval of 13 seconds, and 12 B2 stealth bombers and KC135 tankers completed the evacuation for no more than 15 minutes, and the whole operation was clean and neat.
The pilot starts the bomber
The exercise highlighted the reaction capability of the US bomber unit, and the exercise limited the entire take-off and evacuation time to no later than 15 minutes, because the early warning time of the US military's anti-missile system was 15 minutes.
B2 begins to assemble
This early warning time refers to the time from when the US military discovers an incoming ICBM to when the missile warhead detonates at the air base, and if it is later than 15 minutes, the US bomber unit will be wiped out by the ICBM.
The B2 bomber formation was fully assembled and prepared to take off at short intervals
According to analysis, this is a drill for the US bomber unit to avoid the situation of total annihilation when it is attacked by the PLA, which is unbearable for the US military, after all, the B2 is currently the stealth bomber with the largest number of US military services, and is responsible for the US Air Force's campaign strike mission.
If it is annihilated by an adversary, the US Air Force will not only lose more than $20 billion, but also greatly damage the combat strength of its bomber units.
The speed of the ICBM exceeds Mach 20
The PLA's ICBMs can fly to the US mainland in more than 10 minutes
For example, a certain new type of Dongfeng ICBM equipped by the Rocket Force has a speed of up to Mach 26 and a range of 15,000 kilometers, and can hit any corner of the US mainland within more than 10 minutes as long as it is launched.
An advanced Dongfeng intercontinental missile
In fact, this US military exercise has also revealed to us the fact that there is no absolutely safe location in the US mainland, which is located in the rear during wartime.
However, it should be made clear that the possibility of a full-scale conflict between China and the United States is not high, and it is impossible for the US military to assume that the mainland will be hit by an intercontinental missile in reality, after all, both have used intercontinental missiles to hit the mainland, which means that the "third world war" has already begun.
U.S. aircraft carriers
In the future, it is more likely that China and the United States will have a military conflict over the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, but it will not be a full-scale war between China and the United States. After all, in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, the US military has been constantly making provocative moves. In the Taiwan Strait region, the US military is now stepping up arms sales and military aid to the Taiwan military, and just a few days ago approved $1.9 billion in aid to Taiwan to purchase weapons.
In the South China Sea, the Marcos administration is now iron-hearted and anti-China, and of course behind it is indispensable to the strong instigation of the United States, the United States has strengthened its military presence in the Philippines, and the medium-range missile system has been deployed in the Philippines, with a range that includes China's southern provinces and the entire Taiwan Strait region.
The long-term deployment of US bombers in the Asia-Pacific region is actually aimed at China
It can be said that because of the intervention of the United States, the factors of instability in the situation in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea have increased significantly, and the possibility of a military conflict cannot be ruled out. According to the US military's plan, wartime strategic bomber forces, including B2 bombers, may be used as a campaign strike force to strike at targets in China.
With the improvement of the PLA's "area denial/anti-access" system in the Asia-Pacific region, the importance of the US military's bombers has increased.
The H-6K has a strike range of more than 5,000 kilometers with a high-altitude bomb
After all, the PLA has developed a very effective anti-aircraft carrier strike system against US aircraft carriers, from multiple platforms on land, sea and air + wide-area reconnaissance capabilities, to ensure that the PLA has the ability to defeat US aircraft carriers at a distance of 4,000 kilometers from the mainland, which is far more than the combat radius of US aircraft carriers.
In other words, at present, the entire US aircraft carrier fleet can only watch from the conflict in the Asia-Pacific region, and daring to intervene will be the end of the ship's sinking and the loss of life.
Therefore, after the deterrence of aircraft carriers against China has been completely weakened, the US military is counting on the bomber force to be able to intervene in Asian conflicts at a critical moment, and in fact, the 509th Bomber Wing, which participated in the exercise, is also deployed in Guam and Diego Garcia.
B2 bombers deployed at the Diego Garcia base photographed by satellite
The former is the core base of the second island chain of the United States, which is the base camp for intervening in Taiwan during the war, and the latter is the reserve base for the US military to intervene in the South China Sea.
After all, strategic bomber take-off and landing requirements for airports are higher, so in addition to the two bases highlighted above, there are few bases around Chinese mainland that cannot deploy strategic bombers, except for the bases in the first island chain, unless it is not enough to deploy stealth bombers within the range of PLA near- and medium-range missiles.
Fortunately, however, the PLA has sufficient countermeasures against the US bomber units, even including stealth bombers, mainly because the PLA's missiles are capable of hitting the two bases of Guam and Diego Garcia, and in wartime, it can rely on satellites to monitor every move of the US bomber units, and if they find abnormalities, they can carry out paralyzing strikes on airfields.
The PLA also has a "kill chain" tactic for US bombers that take off and go into battle, and specifically relies on a powerful reconnaissance system to direct PLA fighters to intercept US bomber fleets across thousands of kilometers.
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