Two USAF B-1 Lancer bombers in one pass are capable of destroying the Baltic Fleet of Russia, and turning the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) into a shooting range. Such a statement was made in one of the materials of the Forbes publication.
On October 19 of this year, two American B-1 bombers headed from the US military base in the UK towards the Black Sea. They were accompanied by planes of the Polish and Romanian Air Forces, as well as the Canadian Air Force based in Romania.
They flew in international airspace over the Black Sea. A massive missile strike was carried out on the ship connection of the Black Sea Fleet.
The article says that “it is quite clear what the B-1 will do in their last years”. The authors of the material talk about the secret transportation of anti-ship missiles to threaten the enemy Navy.
It is as a threat that the authors propose to consider the doctrine over the Black Sea. They are sure that NATO members are betting on the B-1 as bombers that will be able to break the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
“In wartime, the Black Sea can turn into a shooting range, and B-1s can become the most significant shooters,” the article says.
The article says that two such aircraft are capable of firing 48 long-range anti-ship missiles LRASM at the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation. The B-1 is capable of carrying 24 projectiles. The strike may be “enough to sink the entire fleet in one pass,” the Forbes article says.