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| B1 Bombers Headed Downrange Now - Poll for Destination! | |
| 2024-02-03 | |
It appears that American B1 Lancer bombers are currently en route to the Middle East for strike missions against militias linked to Iran. The public announcement of the bombers' departure and objectives suggests a desire by the Americans to allow Iranians time to prepare, aiming to minimize escalation. Which locations will be targeted? Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, or a mix of these? Larry Johnson has penned an insightful article on this topic, which can be found here: sonar21.com. This post opens a discussion thread. Feel free to share your thoughts on the anticipated attack, potential targets, and possible consequences. | |
| Posted by:Slenter Panda4300 |
| #6 Jerusalem Capital buildings? /Sarc. I think |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-02-03 13:05 |
| #4 Poll for Destination! Page 1. Honorable Mention, halftime show. Sunday Evening internal polling. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-02-03 10:06 |
| #3 Thanks, Panda. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-02-03 08:11 |
| #2 Late to the party I guess. Haven’t seen anyone specify what missiles the B1s launched (125 attacks on 85 targets). Let’s presume they were JASSM AGM185s. At last count we had 2,000 of 4,900 ordered in service so that’d be ballpark 6% of inventory. They cost 1.266 million each so the missiles alone cost $158 million (not including cost per block hour for the bombers, tankers, AWACs etc.). Speedy exercise to shoot up some desert. As info here’s a link to the cost per missile for units in the US inventory https://www.twz.com/32277/here-is-what-each-of-the-pentagons-air-launched-missiles-and-bombs-actually-cost |
| Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 2024-02-03 06:43 |
| #1 Useful tidbit. How is the ordinance? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-02-03 06:12 |