The U.S. military recently carried out large-scale air strikes in Iraq and Syria, carrying out precision strikes on 85 targets and firing 125 guided missiles. The targets included the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force Command Center, intelligence and information center, ammunition depots, drone warehouses, and logistics facilities. According to reports, the airstrike resulted in more than a dozen people**, including soldiers from Syria and Iraq. On the whole, the US military action did not achieve remarkable results at the military level, not because of the lack of strength of the United States, but because of the influence of its domestic political decisions.
The decision-making process for the airstrike took nearly a week between the attack on the US military base and the actual operation. This time is enough for the adversary to divert valuable targets and personnel, weakening the key factor in strike effectiveness in modern warfare, that is, the speed of the strike chain. Especially when dealing with small and flexible targets, such as guerrillas, the speed of the strike is particularly crucial.
Military analysts believe that the US air raid did not achieve the expected results at the military level, and more reflected a domestic political reaction. The United States, having lost its troops in this attack, found it difficult not to respond, but did not want to get bogged down in the Middle East, so it opted for limited air strikes. The action was more of a political gesture to send a message that the United States would stand firmly with Israel, but with limited military means, including large-scale military operations and no involvement in ground warfare.
Although the U.S. airstrikes have reached a tacit understanding between the United States and Iran to some extent, the pattern is still worth paying attention to. The United States mobilized a number of air tankers from its mainland to the Middle East, dispatched a number of B-1B strategic bombers, and returned directly after completing the mission. This deployment method is a tactic specially practiced by the US Air Force in recent years in order to adapt to the battlefield situation and operational characteristics in the Asia-Pacific region. This tactic has been studied and practiced for a longer period of time, apparently in order to deal with situations similar to ours. On the whole, the United States responded quickly and efficiently, and it was a successful long-range mission without major accidents.
It is worth noting that the B-1B has been planned to be a carrier aircraft specializing in the use of improved Rasmus anti-ship stealth cruise missiles, with a range of about 1,000 kilometers, and one B-1B can carry 24 pieces. The B-1B can also use long-range raids to carry out air strikes on our sea-crossing convoy in operations in the Taiwan Strait. The US airstrikes have provided an example of actual combat in future anti-access denial operations and a reference for our side to formulate response strategies.
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