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Ominous Buildup of B-2 Bombers on Diego Garcia [1]

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Date: 2025-04-02

Malcolm Nance was out with a very disturbing report today on the unprecedented buildup of our nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers on the Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia:

In late March a mass of US Air Force in flight refueling tankers were seen staging all across the Pacific Ocean from California. This indicated that an air armada was being formed and needed nonstop inflight refueling. Within a day, six B2 Spirit stealth bombers were detected landing in Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean. I’ve been to Diego Garcia many times and the only way to describe it is rocky sand island with an airstrip. It has always been the US Department of defense strategy, when using the B2 was to fly nonstop round the world to their target zone, release their ordinance and then return back to Missouri, or continue on and land in Guam for refueling. Virtually every previous mission was flown by a single aircraft. To see six of them stage together with all of their maintenance and armaments crews is a clear indicator that Trump intends to send a signal to Iran that he is putting in place resources to be able to attack them. Why? … Netanyahu has likely convinced Trump that now is the time to demand complete disarmament or to join forces and strike the Iranian nuclear weapons program once and for all. This led to the quiet deployment of the B2 bombers. The distance between Diego Garcia and Tehran is approximately 3600 miles (5,500km), a six hour flight. An hour of which could be flying over a very hostile Iranian airspace. The US has deployed over 100 additional combat aircraft to the theater to support an attack. Trump also ordered the USS Carl Vinson to depart its deployment in Asia and head at top speed to the Arabian Gulf. When it arrives in Mid-April all of the pieces will be in place to attack. On the Israeli side, reports are increasing that Netanyahu met with Trump in Washington and got agreement to conduct a joint attack and strike Iran with the full might of its air force in cooperation with the Americans.

And just in case you think Nance is being needlessly alarmist, there is also this from the Independent:

The U.S. is amassing nuclear-capable stealth bombers on a tiny British territory in the middle of the Indian Ocean just days after President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran. According to satellite images taken by Planet Labs and verified by the Associated Press on Wednesday, at least six B-2 Spirit bombers were spotted on the runway at Camp Thunder Bay in Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. The photographs surfaced just days after Trump told NBC News Sunday that Iran would see “bombing the likes of which they have never seen before” if Tehran did not reach an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program. A day later, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the U.S. would receive a “strong reciprocal blow” if threats were followed through. A U.S. official told Axios last week that the Pentagon’s decision to reinforce U.S. military capability in the Middle East with more warplanes was “not disconnected” from Trump’s two-month nuclear deal deadline to Iran. A senior Iranian official told The Daily Telegraph Monday that “top commanders are being urged to launch preemptive strikes on the island (Diego Garcia) and its base if Trump’s threats have become more serious.” The Pentagon’s unprecedented stealth bomber deployment also comes amidst an intense two-week airstrike campaign targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that there have been about 200 U.S. airstrikes against the terrorist group since March 15. … The B-2 bombers can carry huge GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs that would be a key element in any possible military action against Iran's nuclear facilities, which are largely underground in hardened bunkers.

Meanwhile, Putin is apparently none too pleased with all this saber rattling by his erstwhile protégé — from Reuters:

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