An arsenal of US stealth bombers is expected to reportedly soon reach UK military bases as President Trump previously floated dropping “the big one” on the Iranian regime.
American B-2 stealth bombers were slated to land at air bases at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands and RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after the British government initially rejected the Trump administration’s request to carry out strikes from the bases, according to reports.
But Prime Minister Keir Starmer later reversed course, allowing the US fleet to use UK runways within “a matter of days,” the Telegraph reported Wednesday.
Trump warned Iran on Monday that “the big one is coming” as he vowed to ramp up strikes on the Islamic Republic after war broke out last weekend.
“We haven’t even started hitting them hard,” Trump said. “The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.”
The B-2 stealth bombers, which targeted Iranian ballistic missile sites at the start of the conflict, cost about $2 billion each and are known as the world’s priciest aircraft, Fox News reported.
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