USA. B-2 Spirit bombers on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean

Pentagon decided to send at least six B-2 Spirit bombers to the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. This is 30 percent of the Fleet of hardly detectable US air bombers – CNN journalists noted. Analysts considered this a signal sent to Iran.

B-2 Spirit bombers are able to carry nuclear weapons. The US Air Force has 20 such aircraft. In October 2024, the administration of former US president Joe Biden used them in the campaign against Huti in Yemen.

As CNN journalists noted on Wednesday, sending bombers to the island takes place at a time when US President Donald Trump and defense secretary Pete HegeSth announce further actions against Iran. The United States has carried out over 200 attacks on the movement supported by Tehran since mid -March Huti rebels.

Satellite photos taken by the American Planet Labs center show six bombers at the runway on the island of Diego Garcia, as well as shelters, where other machines can be located.

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The island lies in the Czagos Archipelago, to which Mauritius is righteous and has been used many times by the American armed forces to attack Middle Eastprimarily on Huti rebels.

The military base on the island will remain under the British-American jurisdiction. The airport is 3900 kilometers away from the southern coast of Iran.

Spokesman Pentagon Sean Parnell – not to mention B -2 bombers – confirmed that Americans are sending additional aircraft and “other air resources” to the region to strengthen the defensive forces of the United States in this region.

“The United States and their partners remain involved in ensuring security in the region and are ready to respond to the actions of any country or entity that will try to expand or escalate the conflict,” said Parnell.

A former US Air Force Intelligence Officer and a military analyst CNN Cedric Leightton assessed that the distribution of these highly advanced, worth two billion dollars per the piece of bombers, is a signal sent to American political opponents. “The B -2 arrangement is clearly focused on sending a message, perhaps several messages to Iran,” he said.

– One of them can be a warning to stop supporting Hutich in Yemen. Another may express the expectation that Trump's administration wants a new nuclear agreement (to replace the system from which Trump withdrew the USA During his first term – ed.), And if Iran does not start negotiations with the USA, the consequences may include the destruction of the Iranian nuclear program – explained Leighton.