Power Nations: Rockwell B-1 Lancer

Role	Supersonic Strategic bomber
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	North American Rockwell/Rockwell International Boeing
First flight	23 December 1974
Introduction	1 October 1986
Status	In service
Primary user	United States Air Force
Produced	1973–1974, 1983-1988
Number built	B-1A: 4 B-1B: 100
Unit cost	US$283.1 million in 1998 (B-1B)

General characteristics

Crew: 4 (aircraft commander, copilot, offensive systems officer and defensive systems officer)
Payload: 125,000 lb (56,700 kg) ; internal and external ordnance combined
Length: 146 ft (44.5 m)
Wingspan:
- Extended: 137 ft (41.8 m)
- Swept: 79 ft (24.1 m)
Height: 34 ft (10.4 m)
Wing area: 1,950 ft² (181.2 m²)
Airfoil: NA69-190-2
Empty weight: 192,000 lb (87,100 kg)
Loaded weight: 326,000 lb (148,000 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 477,000 lb (216,400 kg)
Powerplant: 4 × General Electric F101-GE-102 augmented turbofans
- Dry thrust: 14,600 lbf (64.9 kN) each
- Thrust with afterburner: 30,780 lbf (136.92 kN) each
Fuel capacity, optional: 10,000 U.S. gal (38,000 L) fuel tank for 1–3 internal weapons bays each

Performance

Maximum speed:
- At altitude: Mach 1.25 (721 knots, 830 mph, 1,340 km/h at 50,000 ft/15,000 m altitude)
- At low level: Mach 0.92 (700 mph, 1,130 km/h at 200–500 ft/60-150 m altitude)
Range: 6,478 nmi (7,456 mi, 11,998 km)
Combat radius: 2,993 nmi (3,445 mi, 5,543 km)
Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,000 m)
Wing loading: 167 lb/ft² (816 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.38

Armament

Hardpoints: six external hardpoints for 50,000 lb (22,700 kg) of ordnance (use for weapons restricted by arms treaties^[94]) and three internal bomb bays for 75,000 lb (34,000 kg) of ordnance.
Bombs:
- 84× Mk-82 Air inflatable retarder (AIR) general purpose (GP) bombs^[162]
- 81× Mk-82 low drag general purpose (LDGP) bombs^[163]
- 84× Mk-62 Quickstrike sea mines^[164]
- 24× Mk-65 naval mines^[165]
- 30× CBU-87/89/CBU-97 Cluster Bomb Units (CBU)^{[N 2]}
- 30× CBU-103/104/105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) CBUs
- 24× GBU-31 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-84 GP or BLU-109 warhead)^{[N 3]}
- 15× GBU-38 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-82 GP warhead)^{[N 4]}
- 48x GBU-38 JDAM (using rotary launcher mounted multiple ejector racks)^[166]
- 48x GBU-54 LaserJDAM (using rotary launcher mounted multiple ejector racks)^[166]
- 24× Mk-84 general purpose bombs
- 12× AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
- 96× or 144× GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb GPS guided bombs^{[N 5]} (not fielded on B-1 yet)
- 24× AGM-158 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Munitions (JASSM)
- 24× B61 nuclear variable-yield gravity bombs (no longer carried)^[165]
- 24x B83 nuclear gravity bombs (no longer carried)^[165]

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