B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions, U.S. officials say

The United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific land of Guam, 2 U.S. officials told Reuters connected Saturday, arsenic President Donald Trump weighs whether the U.S. should instrumentality portion successful Israel's strikes against Iran.

It was unclear whether the bomber deployment is tied to Middle East tensions.

The B-2 tin beryllium equipped to transportation America's 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, designed to destruct targets heavy underground. That is the limb that experts accidental could beryllium utilized to onslaught Iran's atomic program, including Fordow.

The officials, speaking connected the information of anonymity, declined to disclose immoderate further details. One authoritative said nary guardant orders had been fixed yet to determination the bombers beyond Guam. They did not accidental however galore B-2 bombers are being moved.

The Pentagon did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Experts and officials are intimately watching to spot whether the B-2 bombers volition determination guardant to a U.S.-British subject basal connected the Indian Ocean land of Diego Garcia. Experts accidental that Diego Garcia is successful an perfect presumption to run successful the Middle East.

The United States had B-2 bombers connected Diego Garcia up until past month, erstwhile they were replaced with B-52 bombers.

Israel said connected Saturday it had killed a seasoned Iranian commandant during attacks by some sides successful the much than week-long aerial war, portion Tehran said it would not negociate implicit its atomic programme portion nether threat.

Israel says Iran was connected the verge of processing atomic weapons, portion Iran says its atomic programme is lone for peaceful purposes.

Trump has said helium would instrumentality up to 2 weeks to determine whether the United States should participate the struggle connected Israel's side, capable clip "to spot whether oregon not radical travel to their senses," helium said.

Reuters was archetypal to study this week the question of a ample fig of tanker craft to Europe and different subject assets to the Middle East, including the deployment of much combatant jets.

An craft bearer successful the Indo-Pacific is besides heading to the Middle East.