According to Western media reports, two B-1B strategic bombers of the US military have carried out strategic cruise flights in Lithuania, a small eastern European country, in accordance with the requirements of the US Air Force Command in Europe.
Some Russian military experts directly pointed out that the two B-1B strategic bombers flying over Lithuania this time are actually carrying out the task of simulating nuclear strikes against targets in Russia, and the exercise is still using free-fall nuclear bomb strikes instead of using cruise missiles to strike. Some commentators believe that this is a serious provocation to Russia, but the Russian military expert said that the B-1B strategic bomber was originally born to carry out such a nuclear strike, so this is only a routine training and should not be interpreted as a provocative action.
However, the US B-1B flight in Lithuania still angered the Russian people, which they saw as a provocative action by the United States and NATO. In particular, the US military took off B-1B strategic bombers from The British Air Force Base in Ferford during this period, flew over the whole of Europe to reach the Russian border and flew back after conducting a simulated nuclear strike, which was obviously a real combat exercise, and once the war began, the US military could directly launch a real strike against Russia with the operation of the training. Moreover, the flight of the US military is also carried out in full accordance with the actual combat standards, it returned after completing the "nuclear strike", after landing in Spandalem, Germany, adopted the hot refueling mode that will be used in wartime, that is, the fuel replenishment in the state of power is not turned off, and then take off and return, which is not only a task to train US military pilots, but also a joint task to train German ground staff and US military pilots.
Some analysts believe that the B-1B strategic bomber actually has the ability to carry and mount the AGM-158 joint defense zone outer air-to-ground missile or the AGM-154 joint long-range strike weapon, and has a strong long-range strike capability. Moreover, its swept wing design can perform supersonic flight to evade radar reconnaissance, so it has a great threat capability. It can also use B-83 or B-61 nuclear bombs to strike ground targets, and is the main strategic bomber of the US military. Although the B-1B and B-52 series of bombers will be replaced by the B-21 in the future after the introduction of the B-21 in large numbers, the B-1B will remain one of the most powerful strategic strike weapons of the US military in the next few years.
Analysts said that the US military uses Lithuania's airspace to launch a simulated strike against Russia, in fact, it is also based on training under the nato framework, Lithuania as a small European country that joined NATO in 2004, its strategic position is very important, because its surrounding Russia Kaliningrad and Belarus are important targets for NATO strikes, so as NATO's "anti-Russian front", it is the first line of defense to block the Russian army, and it is also the first place to become cannon fodder in future wars. But Lithuania has repeatedly provoked Russia and provoked a conflict between NATO and Russia, which is also a huge hidden danger for Lithuania itself.