A B-2 Spirit prepares to be refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker during a nighttime aerial refueling mission over Southern Kansas, Oct. 21, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Mota)
The United States is deploying B-2 Spirit stealth strategic bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, Reuters reported on June 21, citing two U.S. officials.
One of the officials told the news agency no forward orders had been given yet to move the bombers beyond the military base on Guam.
The officials who spoke to Reuters didn’t say how many bombers were being moved. However, aviation observers said that at least six took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in the state of Missouri. The number was later confirmed by Fox News, which also cited U.S. officials.
The deployment came amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran, as President Trump is reported to be considering joining an attack launched by Israel earlier in the month to cripple the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
The B-2, which features low-observable stealth technology, was especially designed to penetrate dense air defense networks. The bomber can also deploy the BU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 14-ton precision-guided bunker buster bomb that can penetrate over 60 meters of fortifications.
Due to these capabilities, the B-2 is considered essential to any U.S. attack on Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, like the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.
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While the U.S. could move the B-2s forward to a U.S.-British military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia before an attack on Iran, this may not be all that necessary. The bombers could fly directly from Guam and attack Fordow with full payload then return to Diego Garcia with the help of aerial tankers.
It’s worth noting that the U.S. had some six B-2s deployed at Diego Garcia last month. This was seen as a measure to pressure Iran at the time. However, it may have been an exercise.
Trump has already given Iran a two-week ultimation to “unconditionally surrender.” Yet, with the Israeli attack stalling and recent reports indicating that Tehran rejected direct talks with Washington, the U.S. could move on with military plans much faster.
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glorious mic bondoogle.
iran is fucked!
lgbt americunt sodomized by taliban
message to iran, russia and china…
“kill it before it grows”… bob marley lyrics from i shot the sheriff
you know that the cancer, at the end, kills itself, even if it kills its host at the same time ?
maybe that’s what will happen for all the ignorance and indifference that got it to this place?
usury un-compromised and unchecked to it’s inevitable end is one hell of an ugly malignant cancerous “bitch”!…
yes, fight the nuclear war now. almost as logical as your assertion that russia, china, etc. could have forced an investigation into 9/11. you derp hard. and that’s something.
i hear india will be joining f-u.k.u.s. to defeat the usual suspects + #4 on the team pakistan that have a working belt and road initiative which will destroy what is left of the western banking cartels in their midst completely… oh wait a minute “india”?… lmfao!
…excuse me. almost forgot #5 on the team north korea!….
your local pharmacy ran out of lithium?
does that offend you my little “brown friend”?… pakistan would more then likely be india’s pal if it weren’t for the f-u.k.u.$. in the 20th century. the bad news is that western influence really fucked up what should otherwise be a peaceful and profitable economic union between the two. the good news is they both have nukes!
people have zero sympathy or empathy for jooz under the hail of missiles. the reaction is generally one of glee – they are getting what’s coming to them. for 2 years, they celebrated the gaza genocide, the torture, the starvation, the rape, the massacres of medical personnel, the shooting of small children for sport. the casual mass murder, the wanton destruction of schools, hospitals and private homes. it was all hilarious, they couldn’t get enough of it. they held picnics
watching the massacres. they took their children to slash open sacks of food on aid lorries so that starving people would get nothing to eat. they smashed up medical supplies as children were having limbs amputated without anaesthetic. how can you feel any sympathy for people like that? you can’t. you just enjoy watching their suffering as they enjoyed watching others suffer. they richly deserve whatever happens to them. however bad it gets, it’s not enough.
this war is going to bring revolution not civil war in bankrupt america and the end of its hegemony. world have to waite until end of demonic entity and the rise of colons.
inferior americunt paper tiger cowards only bomb civilians–they will never send their obese feminized soldiers to iran
“done” trump confirms strikes on iran’s nuclear sites: fordow, natanz, and esfahan “successfully targeted”!!! i hear a loud siren that sounds like a trumpet
if it’s true we will know soon enough. let’s hope that we will start hearing china and russia telling the team un that an attack on iran is an attack on china and russia! … and if not we’re all going to remain in this hell!
i find weird that they can have damage assessment that fast about sites that are deeply underground and have no idea what was really there in the first place. it looks to me as a face saving operation to save the trump presidency and what is left of israel. i could be wrong. a charade to stop this tragedy in waiting is probably the best outcome.
if 1) iran proves unable to target enemy b2 bombers it is unlikely that the americans will stop bombing them. 2) trump is calling for starlink to be implemented in iran to begin black ops / regime change efforts. 3) if russia or china do not step up again, it is likely that iran will be regime changed
pretty soon brics will just be rc and then c
you hope. !!!
no i know. you sf shites thought the same about syria & assad. we never sleep
how is dimona glowing this week?… and will the i$raeli government show us how fortified it is?…
1/ no response about damage assessment. 2/ you need receivers for starlink. pretty sure the iranians won’t allow you to have one. 3/ there are been no case of regime change with just an air campaign ever.
just your typical stupid fatass regurgitating the bullshit he was fed without even trying to think (which is almost treasonous in stupid fatass land).
ok, how did mossad operatives and separatists smuggle drones and explosives and arms? you think starlink cant be smuggled in, you idiot?
i tried to up vote you but southfront amerikansky won’t allow it!…
typical sf shite. they don’t see the writing on the wall. b2 bombers just conducted a successful air raid and they think iran still has a chance.
typical stupid fatass stupidity: they are told something and take it at face value.
empire wins again, bitch.
consistent with the 19 hijackers on the front of every newspaper globally within 24 hours after 9/11!… ps i saw beads of sweat on anderson 180 cooper at cia news network reporting on what he called a “success” for p0tu$ tac0 stain!..
if multiple bunker busters were dropped in succession you hardly need an “assessment”.
that is not any of this work, and there was pretty much doubt about the efficacy of these bombs because 1/ they never were used in actual combat. 2/ they have no real clue how deep or where the target was. 3/ there are simple ways to deflect this kind of bombs in the way you build.. 4/ they probably don’t know what really was there in the first place.
natayahu mileikowski is a khazarian.putin helps them plays two way game with russians and trump.trump is a high risk man just like putin is high risk for russia existence.
putin is a ally with talking assistance only.putin lost libya,niakoro karabak and syria war to erdogan.putin is also comedian he likes cameras.macron and starmer wants to storm all russian radar ,military and nuclear bases to weaken russia ndallow ukraine to handle.
won’t it $uck big time if we find out in the near future that poutine will not support iran because they made a deal with the u.$. that will have russia take full control of the “border” aka 70% of ukraine in exchange for denying any further support of iran???