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The risk of the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is like a stone, weighing on the hearts of European people. Recently, the news that the US stealth bomber appeared on Polish suddenly triggered overseas social media - some people felt relieved, while others were even more nervous.
According to Global Network , citing the "News 19" website on October 22, a few days ago, a foreign netizen posted on 's social media, claiming that he had witnessed the famous B-2 strategic bomber landing in a military airport in Poland. , and a video he posted at the same time showed that an B-2 bomber did fly from a distance and flew over the photographer's head. The netizen also pointed out that this is the first time that the B-2 bomber has been deployed to the Polish region in history. The bomber can carry 16 cruise missile with nuclear warhead or conventional ammunition weighing 27 tons, and its deterrence is amazing.
Then, the news quickly became popular in a short period of time, and was even forwarded to other social media platforms in large quantities, and even domestic media tracked and reported it. Some foreign netizens expressed their gratitude for this, believing that the deployment of B-2 bombers to Poland adjacent to Ukraine under the tense situation in Russia and Ukraine was obviously an "important signal" to the Zelensky authorities, which means that the United States will support Ukraine through strategic means.
But some netizens and scholars are very worried about this, because they believe that when Russia repeatedly hinted that "it may use nuclear weapon ", this deployment of the US military may cause Russia to counter more strongly, and may even lead to strategic misjudgment between the two sides and lead to the outbreak of a nuclear war.
However, as of now, neither White House nor Kremlin have made any positive responses to this matter. and other netizens pointed out on social media that the video used by the publisher of the news was not the "latest picture" he shot, but the old video shot at the British Air Force Base in 2020. That is, the B-2 bomber is likely to have not actually been deployed to Poland at all. Some scholars also said that at a time when the Eastern and Western camps are "tension", has demonstrated its strategic capabilities in a high-profile manner near stressful areas, but is not in line with the previous consistent style of the Biden authorities, which is more similar to the former President Trump 's "risk and aggressive strategy".
In fact, the most frequent "activity" of strategic bomber in recent days is not the United States, but Russia. Just this week, two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers were intercepted by the US F-16 fighter after entering the Alaska air defense identification zone. This is widely seen as Moscow's "public warning" to Washington , suggesting it still has the ability to launch a strategic blow to the US mainland. , the US chose to "rest and calm the situation", publicly claiming that "the US military did not regard Russian bombers as a threat" , and said that this was just a routine interception and inspection operation, and there was no "dangerous friction" between the US and Russia. It can be seen that the US does not want to create direct conflicts with Russia at the level.
However, overall, the possibility of friction between the United States and Russia still exists in the future - although both sides are working hard to maintain restraint and communication. According to the announcement of the Pentagon , the NATO annual strategic military exercise will officially begin next week, and the US B-52 strategic bomber will appear on the European continent and conduct strategic military exercises with the air forces of other NATO countries. , and this will also be the second time since September, the US military has deployed "strategic equipment" to Europe, which has a strong sense of deterrence to Russia.
In addition, the recent incidents of NATO's contact and friction between Russian fighter jets at the border are also causing the outside world to think about "whether NATO will join the war." But as of now, NATO obviously has no such intention.Perhaps the previous speech of General Richard to the pilots of B-52 can explain some problems: "Your job is to stop the attack on NATO" - obviously, if the Russian army just continues to launch an attack in Ukraine, then the possibility of NATO continue to watch from the wall is the greatest.
