Disaster? Why the B-1B Lancer Bomber Would Be Annihilated In a China War

Disaster? Why the B-1B Lancer Bomber Would Be Annihilated In a China War

Article Summary – The B-1B Lancer’s 2025 deployment to Misawa Air Base isn’t about flying straight into China’s dense A2/AD kill zone—it would not survive that fight. The non-stealth bomber’s large radar and IR signatures make it far too vulnerable to modern sensors, SAMs, and long-range missile strikes on bases and flight paths. B-1B Lancer Bomber. Image Credit: Creative Commons. -Instead, the B-1B in Japan is about Agile Combat Employment, joi…