Except that I got my name from 2/12 Cavalry, "The Blue Lancers", 1st Cavalry Division, 1975.
Posted on 07/08/2017 2:00:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
TWO American supersonic bombers conducted live-fire drills in South Korea today in a show of force after North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The pair of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers flew from a US base on Guam and were joined by US and South Korean jet fighters for the operation.
They then carried out the simulated destruction of an enemy ballistic missile launcher and underground nuclear bunker facilities, the South’s air force said.
North Korea announced on Tuesday it successfully test-launched an ICBM, saying the missile was capable of carrying a large and heavy nuclear warhead.
Some experts believe the missile has the range to reach Alaska and Hawaii and the test signalled a significant advance in the North’s declared intent to build a nuke which can hit the US mainland.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the test indicated a quicker than expected pace of the North’s ICBM programme.
The B-1B bombers conducted the live-fire exercise at a range in South Korea’s eastern Gangwon province, dropping weapons in a simulated attack on a missile launcher.
South Korean and US fighter jets also conducted precision strike drills aimed at attacking enemy targets hidden underground.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the bombers then flew west, hugging the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) border between the two Koreas, before leaving South Korean airspace.
The drill follows a joint artillery and missile exercise by South Korean and US forces a day after the North's ICBM test.
Despite the sabre-rattling, the United States and South Korea have said they are committed to resolving the crisis over the North's pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile peacefully.
I prefer the sounds just south of D.C., in Virginia
Bunker bust that fat slob’s @ss.
Hey ronery one. We’re ready. Are you?
ping...
Except that I got my name from 2/12 Cavalry, "The Blue Lancers", 1st Cavalry Division, 1975.
Nitwits, they are not supersonic.
The targets are very obvious at night
The last operational supersonic bomber was the B-58 Hustler.
Ha
Any excuse to ping...
Adopted son (and that relationship was questionable!)
Mach 1.25 is supersonic. But wasn’t the Concorde SST faster?
I do miss ol' Dighton ...
concorde maximum speed was 2.04 mach (according to wiki) (sorry for referencing wiki but hopefully this is not politically controversial).
Anybody remembers the so called controversial B1Bob Dornan of OC California.Thanks to him we have those fine airplanes.
I inflight refueled the B1-A many moons ago 1968 or so it was supersonic Mach 2 they say, nut Jimmy the peanut farmer cancelled them. Or course the Concorde could sustain Mach 1.25, but the B1-B attributes is speed and sneak in low level.
I inflight refueled the F-15 when it was in the testing phase I got grounded in 1976 hearing was shot, retrained and retired 1980 was Precision Measuring Equipment Lap Chief.
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