US deploys a third of its stealth bomber fleet for possible Iran strike after Trump warned Tehran 'you're going to be in
Geplaatst: 10 apr 2025 10:48
The United States has sent an 'unprecedented' deployment of its heavy B-2 bombers to the Chagos Islands in a show of force amid rising tensions with Iran.
Six of the famed stealth bombers flew in to the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia from Missouri last week in the 'largest single deployment in US history'.
Satellite images of the Indian Ocean airbase showed six of the planes on the apron, adjacent to the runway, last Wednesday.
To my knowledge, this is the largest B-2 deployment to a forward location,' Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists told American journalist Ken Klippenstein.
The Trump administration has been unusually quiet on the deployment to Chagos, which is in range of both Iran and Yemen, where B-2s have been used to target Houthi rebels.
While Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, said last month that there was still hope Iran could be reached through diplomatic routes, the U.S. president has been more direct in threats against the regime.
Trump said yesterday that if talks between U.S. officials and Iranian leaders this weekend do not go well, 'Iran is going to be in great danger'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... 0&ito=1490
Six of the famed stealth bombers flew in to the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia from Missouri last week in the 'largest single deployment in US history'.
Satellite images of the Indian Ocean airbase showed six of the planes on the apron, adjacent to the runway, last Wednesday.
To my knowledge, this is the largest B-2 deployment to a forward location,' Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists told American journalist Ken Klippenstein.
The Trump administration has been unusually quiet on the deployment to Chagos, which is in range of both Iran and Yemen, where B-2s have been used to target Houthi rebels.
While Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, said last month that there was still hope Iran could be reached through diplomatic routes, the U.S. president has been more direct in threats against the regime.
Trump said yesterday that if talks between U.S. officials and Iranian leaders this weekend do not go well, 'Iran is going to be in great danger'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... 0&ito=1490