Israel strikes Iran nuclear facilities.

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https://www.twz.com/air/u-s-air-force-f ... iddle-east

https://www.twz.com/news-features/could ... -of-hormuz

[RunAndBreak]

Iran's leader has just claimed US military action 'will be met with irreparable harm'

Very bold, but questionable, what could they do to attack the US?

Does he mean terrorism?

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Iran's leader has just claimed US military action 'will be met with irreparable harm'

Very bold, but questionable, what could they do to attack the US?

Does he mean terrorism?

Probably just posturing, but we’ll see to what extent they damage US bases in the region with missiles if it kicks off.

A reason why agile combat employment is the all the rage is for circumstances like this.

[Crusty]

More septic tankers inbound tonight

[the concerned]

Just got home from work put tv on to find Iron Eagle 11 on legend channel a tad inappropriate.

[Paulo(mk2)]

Iran's leader has just claimed US military action 'will be met with irreparable harm'

Very bold, but questionable, what could they do to attack the US?

Does he mean terrorism?

Longest range missiles are 2000m - wouldn't reach US soil, so likely clandestine approach which could be equally as devastating

[markranger]

Just got home from work put tv on to find Iron Eagle 11 on legend channel a tad inappropriate.

You say that but not as bad as TopGun 2 , They pretty much read the future.

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The B-2s weren’t present on recent imagery.

[zero_gravity]

The B-2s weren’t present on recent imagery.

[baz1]

The B-2s weren’t present on recent imagery.

maybe they are in stealth mode ??

[KevinJ]

The TV news keep referring to the giant MOP weapon that only the B-2s carry to hit the underground nuclear facilities but is that a deep penetration bomb? I always thought the "bunker Buster" was the GBU-28 that the F-15E can carry?

[Nighthawke]

GBU-57. Stick MOP weapon in Google and there's plenty of info.

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6 B-2s en route to Guam apparently

[zero_gravity]

The B-2s weren’t present on recent imagery.

My previous and relevant post was deleted...so the above is now orphaned

[nashwa]

So with trump confirming the bombing of three nuclear sites, does this mean the B-2s into Andersen earlier were a possible distraction? Surely they couldn’t turn around, head back out, and reach Iran so soon? Was there another flight lurking around this whole time that didn’t land in Guam or even went eastwards around the world instead? It’s very impressive if that’s the case, still I hope things can cool down from here.

[STN RAMP RAT]

So with trump confirming the bombing of three nuclear sites, does this mean the B-2s into Andersen earlier were a possible distraction? Surely they couldn’t turn around, head back out, and reach Iran so soon? Was there another flight lurking around this whole time that didn’t land in Guam or even went eastwards around the world instead? It’s very impressive if that’s the case, still I hope things can cool down from here.

Who says that MYTEE11 flight ever went to Guam, I strongly suspect that was a ruse and that they were the three that bombed Iran direct from Whiteman. Much easier to tell everyone they were going to Guam to keen mission security intact.

[nashwa]

Very true, I guess their destination could still likely be Guam, they just didn’t mention their little detour to fordow first! Although at the same time do you not think if they were going to bomb three sites they’d use more than three planes as a fail safe? I mean there was speculation that MYTEE was a flight of 6 although nothing confirming that. I don’t want to speculate too much and of course time will tell, but I wonder if there were other aircraft types involved, whether that be the B-52s on DG, or F-18s for CAP and EA-18Gs for EW, there were widespread reports of GPS and cell phone disruptions before the strikes but I’m not clued up enough to know if growlers can do that.

[Finty]

Just found out, I expected it to happen a bit later! Good stuff though, let's see how things pan out!

[nashwa]

Little follow up to myself to probably answer one of my own questions, it’s just some bloke on Twitter so obviously not the most accurate source, but 19 hours ago when the bombers first took off he said he saw 9 B-2s go overhead in Warsaw, MO. That would make a lot more sense to me. What a sight that must have been.

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Trump to address nation at 10pm (03:00 BST)

Little follow up to myself to probably answer one of my own questions, it’s just some bloke on Twitter so obviously not the most accurate source, but 19 hours ago when the bombers first took off he said he saw 9 B-2s go overhead in Warsaw, MO. That would make a lot more sense to me. What a sight that must have been.

Very much so. The spirit in the sky!