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Southeast Asia
US Air Force sends B-1 bombers back to Guam on temporary deployment after ending its 16-year continuous presence on the Pacific Island just weeks ago
2020-05-04
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Four bombers and approximately 200 Airman arrived at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam on May 1 to conduct training and ‘strategic deterrence missions’

  • The B-1s, from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, have been deployed as part of the USPAF’ bomber task force, which seeks to show 'operational unpredictability'

  • Analysts say that tactic makes the US forces harder to target than had been previously in the service's now ended Continuous Bomber Presence in Guam

  • B-1s were last deployed to the Indo-Pacific region in 2017 to patrol over the East and South China Seas as a means of projecting U.S. airpower and resolve to North Korea, China and Russia
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  The necessary electronics for nukes were removed as part of the START treaty
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-05-04 18:35  

#3   Also note the Bone can't deploy nukes.

I thought the carousel has a universal fit adapter?
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-04 18:14  

#2  operational unpredictability is a good policy

Also, the Bone can deploy LRASMs. The B-52 can't do that yet. Also note the Bone can't deploy nukes.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-05-04 12:22  

#1  Back to the states for rearming and retrofit?
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-04 00:50  

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