B-1B Lancer strategic bombers deployed by the Air Force (Air Force) The United States in Norway, probably aimed at Russia, says The Drive.
The American publication notes that the base where these aircraft were stationed provides quick access for bombers to the Norwegian and Barents Seas, as well as the Arctic. The Drive notes that the B-1B Lancer can become a "new challenge" when conducting operations by the Russian Navy, whose bases are located in this region.
"Ships and submarines of the Russian Navy usually pass through the Barents Sea, and then — the Norwegian Sea, heading to Greenland, Iceland, Great Britain (the Faroe-Icelandic border-approx. "The tapes.<url>") and the North Atlantic Ocean beyond them, " the publication writes.
The Drive recalls that the B-1B Lancer can be armed with AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) anti-ship missiles. The publication notes that in 2020, the US Air Force conducted exercises in the Black Sea area ,which " almost certainly were aimed at Russia and, in particular, its Black Sea Fleet."
In February, The Drive wrote that it is not difficult to imagine a future conflict in which groups of B-1B Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers of the US Air Force will be tasked with hitting the same common sets of targets over a vast territory.
In January, Air Force Magazine, citing a statement from the United States Air Force Command in Europe and Africa, reported that the US Air Force, together with its NATO partners, conducted an "all-area targeting operation"in the Black Sea area.
Ivan Potapov
