MOSCOW 2 MEI: Pesawat Pengebom Strategik Jarak Jauh Amerika Syarikat jenis US B-1B membuat penerbangan di Semenanjung Korea semasa latihan ketenteraan bersama Korea Selatan dan Jepun, kata Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), pada Selasa.
Dua pesawat pengebom itu berlepas dari Lapangan Terbang Tentera Udara Andersen di Guam pada Isnin.
B-B1 Lancer merupakan pesawat ini mulai yang mampu membawa senjata nuklear serta dilengkapi sistem penangkis komperhensif dan dapat mengatasi sistem pertahanan udara musuh yang canggih.
Penerbangan dua pesawat pengebom itu mencetuskan rasa tidak puas hati Pyongyang selepas Seoul dan Washington melaksanakan latihan ketenteraan.
Situasi di Semenanjung Korea semakin panas ekoran Korea Utara mengadakan ujian peluru berpandu jarak jauh yang menerima kritikan antarabangsa.
Performance
Maximum speed:
At altitude: Mach 1.25 (721 kn or 830 mph or 1,335 km/h) at 50,000 ft (15,000 m) altitude
At low level: Mach 0.92 (700 mph or 1,100 km/h) at 200–500 ft (60–150 m) altitude
Range: 5,100 nmi (5,900 mi; 9,400 km)
Combat radius: 2,993 nmi (3,444 mi; 5,543 km)
Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,000 m)
Wing loading: 167 lb/ft² (816 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.38
Armament
Hardpoints: 6 external hardpoints for 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of ordnance (use for weapons restricted by arms treaties[103][183]) and 3 internal bomb bays for 75,000 pounds (34,000 kg) of ordnance.
Bombs:
84× Mk-82 Air inflatable retarder (AIR) general purpose (GP) bombs[178]
81× Mk-82 low drag general purpose (LDGP) bombs[179]
84× Mk-62 Quickstrike sea mines[180]
24× Mk-84 general purpose bombs
24× Mk-65 naval mines[181]
30× CBU-87/89/CBU-97 Cluster Bomb Units (CBU)[N 2]
30× CBU-103/104/105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) CBUs
24× GBU-31 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-84 GP or BLU-109 warhead)[N 3]
15× GBU-38 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-82 GP warhead)[N 4]
48× GBU-38 JDAM (using rotary launcher mounted multiple ejector racks)[182]
48× GBU-54 LaserJDAM (using rotary launcher mounted multiple ejector racks)[182]
96× or 144× GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb GPS guided bombs[N 5] (not fielded on B-1 yet)
24× AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
24× AGM-158 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
Previously up to 24× B61 or B83 nuclear bombs could be carried.
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