The U.S. military has deployed half a dozen nuclear-capable stealth bombers on a tiny British island in the Indian Ocean within striking distance of both Iran and Yemen.
Satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC revealed the deployment of at least six B-2 Spirit bombers to Camp Thunder Bay on the island of Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, according to the Associated Press.
The six B-2 bombers on the island make up about a third of the United States’s entire stealth bomber fleet. They would likely be involved in an attack against Iran’s underground nuclear facilities because they can carry the GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrator bombs, which are designed to penetrate deep into the earth.
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This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows six
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