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U.S. Made A Diversionary Maneuver During Attack On Iran

U.S. Made A Diversionary Maneuver During Attack On Iran

B-2 airplanes flew to bomb Fordow without landing on the island of Guam.

The U.S. B-2 bombers that flew westward from Whiteman Air Force Base on Saturday did not land at either Guam Island Air Force Base or Diego Garcia Air Force Base as expected, but went straight into their mission to bomb the nuclear facility at Fordow.

This was reported on Sunday, June 22, by The New York Times. The B-2 departure was first detected by air traffic controllers at Springfield-Branson National Airport around 12:18 a.m. ET. The two planes later reported their positions over the Pacific Ocean by radio contact between 5:59 a.m. and 7:44 a.m. ET. Therefore, some amateurs tracking the planes' flights reported on social media that the B-2's destination could be the island of Guam in the Pacific, where Andersen Air Force Base is located.

But the bombers did not show up on the island of Guam. Experts say the information that the bombers headed west toward the island of Guam may have been a purposeful diversion. In fact, they flew straight to the Fordow facility. And there were not two, but many more, and they dropped several (most sources put the number at 6, the NYT writes about "a dozen") anti-bunker bombs on a key site of Iran's nuclear program. In addition, in addition, one B-2 also dropped two anti-bunker bombs on the Natanz facility.

Reminder, on Saturday, June 21, information spread that two to four B-2 bombers capable of carrying anti-bunker bombs flew westward from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. They are accompanied by four refueling planes.

The fact that the bombers flew westward rather than eastward indicates that their final destination is likely to be an air base on the island of Guam in the Pacific. And then, perhaps, they will fly to the Diego Garcia base, which is located 3,500 kilometers from Iran, and from which it is already possible to attack Iran.

The GBU-57A/B anti-bunker bomb weighs about 13 tons and is about six meters long. Its warhead contains about 2.4 tons of explosives. The bomb is wrapped in a hard steel alloy and is launched from a great height. As it falls, it accelerates to speeds of Mach 2-3, penetrates the target and pierces layers of defense before exploding. Three to eight such bombs would be enough to completely disable a Fordow facility.

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