The United States showcased deterrence capabilities to main rivals China and Russia last week by sending two supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers to Japan on a 12,456-mile or 20,045 km non-stop round-trip flight.Lancers executed the CONUS-to-CONUS [Continental United States] mission, or Bomber C2C mission from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on Aug 1-2, 2024The mission began on August 1 and ended the next day and lasted for more than 31 hours.The Lancers were partially tracked by open-source air traffic control communication and flight data. They conducted aerial refueling over Canada’s Vancouver Island during the outbound flight and were supported by aerial refueling tankers near Alaska for the inbound flight to their home base.During the mission, the bombers were refueled by a KC-135 StratotankerIn this video, Defense Updates analyzes how B-1B flexed muscle near China & Russia with non-stop flight ?#defenseupdates #usvsrussia #usvschina Chapters:00:11 INTRODUCTION02:11 THE MISSION 03:17 BACKGROUND04:39 B1-B OVERVIEW07:27 ANALYSIS