Popular Mechanics: B-21 Raider bomber can place minefields B-21 Raider of the US Air Force (Air Force), considered the “coolest” aircraft in the world, against the Chinese anti-aircraft missile system S-400 “Triumph” Russian-made.
The publication admits that the aircraft can be used for setting minefields. “In the first hours of the Chinese invasion of Taiwan, B-21 Raiders could fly under the nose of Chinese S-400s and seed the Taiwan Strait with Quickstrike mines, posing a serious threat to warships making a risky transition,” the magazine writes.
It is noted that “a minefield can close enemy ports and harbors, force enemy ships to sail closer to home, or even block one of the navigation routes and force enemy warships to fall into a well-prepared ambush.”
In September, the Minister of the Air Force United States Frank Kendall said that five B-21 Raider strategic stealth bombers are being built at Northrop Grumman's plant in Palmdale, California.
In June, The National Interest wrote that the B-21 Raider would be invulnerable to promising Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems.
In May, The Drive reported that Kendall had supported the Pentagon's acquisition of 145 B-21 Raiders.