American B-1B Lancer bombers, with which the United States promises to sink the Black Sea Fleet, are outdated even by their own standards, military expert Alexei Leonkov believes. In conversation with the "Tape.He recalled that Russian air defense systems had already successfully repelled their attacks in 2018.
The United States previously announced the possibility of destroying Russia's Baltic Fleet and turning the Black Sea Fleet into a "shooting gallery". This is stated in an article by journalist David Axe, published on the Forbes website. "Two B-1s can produce 48 LRASMs for the Baltic Fleet. This may be quite enough to sink the entire fleet in one sitting and eliminate the main threat to US ships and their allies in the region," the article says.
Outdated technologies
Leonkov recalled that US bombers are outdated even according to their own experts. This is also indicated by the fact that in 2018, when the Americans launched cruise missiles from Jordan at the suburbs of Damascus, they were successfully shot down by Russian air defenses.
"But what the Syrians have is only an export option, the air defense deployed here is more modern and of high quality. So everything that flies to us will be shot down, and even before the bombers reach their positions— Leonkov is sure. "But, of course, we must understand that such aircraft is used only after the parties begin a nuclear confrontation."
The Americans, according to a military expert, have been trying to solve the problem of overcoming the Russian air defense for a long time and in their own reports indicate that it is impossible to do this with the bombers' own forces.
"In order to hit the Baltic Fleet, they will also need ground forces and their own fleet, which will have to create a huge number of targets that are many times superior to our air defense capabilities. This is what the Americans work out during their exercises. But even in this case, they come to the conclusion that it will not be possible to destroy the Russian air defense for a simple reason — after all, our complex will work for the Americans. So, if the United States is suddenly able to sink our fleet, it will be given to them at too great a price, which they are unlikely to be willing to pay," Leonkov concluded.
Earlier in October, David Ex reported that the Air Force (Air Force) The United States sent F-16 fighters to the airfield closest to the Russian borders on the island of Shemya in Alaska. According to the journalist, the fighter maneuvers are part of the preparation of the American side in case of a "full-scale war with Russia."
Natalia Belova
