WHY U.S BOMBER FLEET CAN DESTROY NORTH KOREAN MILITARY IN A SINGLE DAY?

INTRODUCTION North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said President Donald Trump will "pay dearly" for his address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week. In the statement, Kim also said North Korea is considering the strongest possible response to what he called Trump's provocation. Kim according to The Associated Press said, "I'd like to advise Trump to exercise prudence in selecting words and to be considerate of whom he speaks to when making a speech in front of the world". President Donald Trump, in his first speech to the United Nations, had slammed Kim Jong Un using his new favorite nickname ‘Rocket Man’. Trump said, referring to the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: “No nation on Earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles”. He added, “The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” The US Air force fleet as of 2017 has 3 strategic bombers B-52 Stratofortress, B1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit "Stealth Bomber”. In this video, Defense Updates analyzes WHY US BOMBER FLEET CAN DESTROY NORTH KOREAN MILITARY IN A SINGLE DAY? Lets get started. B 52 STRATOFORTRESS The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. The B-52 has been in active service with the USAF since 1955. As of now, 58 are in active service with 18 in reserve. Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs has kept the B-52 in service despite the advent of more advanced aircraft. With regular upgrades, it is expected to serve into the 2040s. The bomber is capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds (32,000 kg) of weapons, and has a typical combat range of more than 8,800 miles (14,080 km) without aerial refueling. This combination of outstanding range and high payload capacity and ability to incorporate modern weapons makes B 52 apt for strategic bombing missions. B1B The B1B Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force (USAF). It is commonly called the "Bone". U.S has 100 of these. B1B has an excellent range of Range: 5,900 mi or 9,400 km. It has a Service ceiling of 60,000 ft. The bomber has many design elements, which makes it hard for the enemy radar to detect it. B1B has 6 external hardpoints for 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of ordnance and 3 internal bomb bays for 75,000 pounds (34,000 kg) of ordnance. Hence it has a massive payload of 125,000 lb (56,700 kg) internal and external ordnance combined. This makes B1B deadly. For example it can carry 84× Mk-82 Air inflatable retarder (AIR) general purpose (GP) bombs or 81× Mk-82 low drag general purpose (LDGP) bombs or 24× Mk-84 general-purpose bombs 24× Mk-65 naval mines B2 SPIRIT The B-2 Spirit was developed to take over the United States Air Force’s (USAF) vital penetration missions, able to travel deep into enemy territory to deploy their ordnance, which could include nuclear weapons. Stealth capability provides greater freedom of action as the bomber can evade enemy air defenses. U.S has 21 of these. The U.S. Air Force reports B2’s range as approximately 6,900 miles or 11,000 km. It has an excellent payload too. B2 has 2 internal bays for ordnance and payload with maximum estimated limit of 50,000 lb (23,000 kg). It can carry 16 B61 or B83 nuclear bombs on Rotary Launcher Assembly. CONCLUSION North Korean air defense are good in numbers but not in quality. The missile defense like SA-2 Guideline, SA-6 Gainful, SA-5 Gammon are all designed in 1960s and have vintage technology by today’s standards. These systems also may not be in proper working order and the missile availability is expected to be low. The B-2 and B1B were designed specifically to evade such defenses, and the relatively low tech B-52s can simply fire AGM-86 cruise missiles at North Korea from well beyond the range of the country’s air defenses. North Korea has a fleet of different kinds of fighters, which even includes Chinese derivatives of very old fighters like Mig 17 and Mig 19. The MiG-29 is the Korean People's Army Air Force’s (KPAF) most modern fighter and it operates approximately 40 of these. Though the Mig 29 is a proficient fighter but North Korea has been isolated for long with very little access to spare parts and other maintenance infrastructure. These will be easy prey for US fighter jet escorting the bombers. With little challenge from air defenses and enemy fighter jets, these bombers can operate with impunity and the massive destructive power is capable to bring down North Korean military to its knees in a single day.