Originally Posted by
ORAC
Van,
Perhaps you missed the part of the briefing that said:
“The B-1B strategic bombers approached the facilities over the Syrian territory near al-Tanf”...
“....as well as GBU-38 guided air bombs fired from the B-1B”.
If you are unfamiliar, the GBU-38 is a free-fall LGB.....
GBU-38 JDAM
In fact the point of my misunderstanding was that
Just This Once... wrote that
"....claiming tactical aircraft dropped free-fall weapons ....."
Since the time when B-1 (and then B-1B) was introduced, I was thinking that it was a
strategic bomber.
Some sources confirm this, e.g. the following one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer
It says that "It is one of three strategic bombers in the U.S. Air Force fleet as of 2018, the other two being the B-2"Stealth Bomber", and the B-52".
BTW, it was written today in a Russian media that two US missiles were found more or less as whole pieces on the Syrian territory after the attack. They were transported to Russia and are now being examined by experts.