How is this power exerted?

BACKGROUND

The US is the only country in the world that maintains a huge fleet of strategic bombers. The strategic bomber fleet, together with the aircraft carriers, is unique to the US and is the source of its global power, a power that is exerted in every region of the planet.

What characterizes the strategic aircraft fleet?

1. All aircraft are long-range. The combat range of all fleet aircraft is approximately 5,000 to 7,000 km from the target, without the need for aerial refueling, refueling that allows for doubling this range and more.

In comparison, the combat range of strategic bombers is 5-10 times greater than the range of conventional fighter-bomber aircraft.

This feature allows the bomber fleet to operate from airfields that are located at a safe distance from possible enemy attack attempts.

In addition, the strategic bomber, due to the amount of fuel it carries, has the ability to remain above the bombing targets for a long time, thus significantly improving the results of the attack.

2. All aircraft are capable of carrying a very large amount of armament and also heavy armament.

Thus, sometimes, this feature allows one bomber to replace many fighter aircraft in a bombing mission, sometimes even 12 F-16 aircraft.

One bomber is capable of launching many dozens of bombs and missiles And among them, and this is the unique feature, are the world's heaviest bunker-penetrating bombs (one bomb weighs about 13 tons) bombs that other fighter jets are unable to launch.

Below is a description of the bombers and their possible role in the coming war:

1. THE B-52 BOMBER IS A HUGE BOMBER THAT IS MANY DECADES OLD.

One of its advantages is the combat range of 7,000 km. For example, it can take off from the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to bomb Iran and return to the takeoff base without aerial refueling.

The second advantage is the ability to launch up to 20 precision air-to-ground missiles weighing 1.2 tons. Accurate missiles with a range of up to 1000 km from the target. Each missile has a 450-kilowatt (kW) rocket.

There is no aircraft in the world that has the ability to launch a quantity close to that of long-range precision heavy missiles.

The role of the B-52 bomber in an attack is to eliminate anti-aircraft batteries, communication centers and command posts before and/or simultaneously with the main attack.

2. THE B-2 BOMBER IS THE MOST ADVANCED STEALTH BOMBER IN THE WORLD.

One of its advantages is its large combat range of about 5000 km.

The second advantage is its ability to launch dozens of tons of bombs and missiles, including 2 bunker busting bombs weighing about 13 tons.

The great advantage of the B-2 bomber is its tremendous stealth capability.

It is very difficult to detect using radar, even when flying over the target.

The role of the B-2 bomber is to destroy the most important nuclear and missile sites.

The US only has 19 active B-2 bombers of this type, and 7 of them are already located on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

3. THE B-1 BOMBER IS THE HEAVIEST BOMBER IN THE WORLD.

One advantage is its large combat range of about 5000 km.

Its second advantage is the large number of operational bombers active, about 45.

The great advantage of the B-1 bomber is its ability to launch bombs and missiles.

Thus, one B-1 bomber can launch 24 precision bombs weighing 1 ton in one sortie.

The role of the B1 bomber is to be the workhorse of the war.

After destroying the defense formation and hitting the important targets (using B2 stealth bombers), the B1 bombers will attack and return and attack again until the enemy's important sites are completely eliminated.