A KC-135 Stratotanker plane refuels a B-2 Spirit plane with the 509th Bomb Wing over Kansas Aug. 29, 2012.
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The US is transferring B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two U.S. officers informed Reuters on Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether or not the U.S. ought to participate in Israel’s strikes in opposition to Iran.
It was unclear whether or not the bomber deployment is tied to Center East tensions.
The B-2 could be outfitted to hold America’s 30,000-pound GBU-57 Huge Ordnance Penetrator, designed to destroy targets deep underground. That’s the weapon that consultants say could possibly be used to strike Iran’s nuclear program, together with Fordow.
The officers, talking on the situation of anonymity, declined to reveal any additional particulars. One official stated no ahead orders had been given but to maneuver the bombers past Guam. They didn’t say what number of B-2 bombers are being moved.
The Pentagon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Consultants and officers are carefully watching to see whether or not the B-2 bombers will transfer ahead to a U.S.-British army base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. Consultants say that Diego Garcia is in a great place to function within the Center East.
The US had B-2 bombers on Diego Garcia up till final month, after they have been changed with B-52 bombers.
Israel stated on Saturday it had killed a veteran Iranian commander throughout assaults by each side within the greater than week-long air warfare, whereas Tehran stated it could not negotiate over its nuclear program whereas beneath menace.
Israel says Iran was on the verge of creating nuclear weapons, whereas Iran says its atomic program is just for peaceable functions.
Trump has stated he would take as much as two weeks to resolve whether or not the USA ought to enter the battle on Israel’s facet, sufficient time “to see whether or not or not individuals come to their senses,” he stated.
Reuters was first to report this week the motion of a lot of tanker plane to Europe and different army belongings to the Center East, together with the deployment of extra fighter jets.
An plane service within the Indo-Pacific can also be heading to the Center East.
