Garry I am assuming that US would be using its B-2 fleet for some surprise pre-emptive strikes , wont wait for the ICBM to reach their land mass , For a preemptive B-2’s are just the kind of Bomber you would need.

The fact that they are practising low level stuff suggests they will likely want to use them in a preemptive strike, whether they will be given the chance is another matter. When there is evidence that they are able to fly through Russian airspace with impunity then they will have some credibility as a first strike weapon. Remember when the U-2 was flying missions over the Soviet Union there was suggestion that they were too high to be detected and tracked by some…