DUBAI: The United States military said on Monday it had flown a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 long-range bombers Middle East In a show of force, tensions between Washington and Tehran have been the latest such mission in the region.
The attackers took off from Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, England, and flew over the eastern Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea on Sunday in training missions with Kuwaiti and Saudi warplanes, before departing from the region.
“The threat to America and our allies will go unanswered.” Lieutenant General. Alexus GrinkevichThe top US Air Force official in the Middle East said in a statement. “Mission like this…
Although the Central Command of the US Army did not mention it. IranWashington has frequently sent B-52 bombers to the region due to the ongoing hostilities between the US and Iran. The last such flyover was in June.
Iran’s regional enemy, Israel, also joined the multinational mission. Although not acknowledged by the US, three Israeli F-16 fighter jets accompanied the US bombers “through the skies of Israel on their way to the (Persian) Gulf,” the Israeli military said, adding to the country’s cooperation with the US military. Air Security in Israel and the Middle East as a Key to Sustaining”. ,
Central Command was expanded last year to include Israel, a move seen to encourage regional cooperation against Iran under the former president Donald Trump,
Trump’s decision four years before Tehran withdrew the US from its historic nuclear deal with world powers sparked a series of escalating incidents in the region.
Even as diplomats now dispute a possible revival of the nuclear deal, Iran’s navy seized two US maritime drones in the Red Sea last week.
That capture comes just days after the country’s paramilitary force revolutionary guard Towed another maritime drone before releasing it as a US warship. The US Navy is deploying ultra-endurance aerial surveillance drones to monitor threats in critical waterways that have seen repeated sea attacks.
Tensions remain high even after recent clashes between US forces and Iranian-backed militias in the region. Washington carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria last month targeting areas used by militias backed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, prompting a response from Iranian-backed fighters.
US and Iranian negotiators in Vienna are attempting to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, which imposed sharp limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. last week, state Department Iran described the latest negotiating position as “not constructive”.
Meanwhile, Iran now enriches uranium to 60% purity – a level it has never reached before, a small, technological step up from 90%. While Iran has long kept its program peaceful, non-profile experts warn that Tehran has enough 60%-enriched uranium to be reprocessed into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.
The attackers took off from Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, England, and flew over the eastern Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea on Sunday in training missions with Kuwaiti and Saudi warplanes, before departing from the region.
“The threat to America and our allies will go unanswered.” Lieutenant General. Alexus GrinkevichThe top US Air Force official in the Middle East said in a statement. “Mission like this…
Although the Central Command of the US Army did not mention it. IranWashington has frequently sent B-52 bombers to the region due to the ongoing hostilities between the US and Iran. The last such flyover was in June.
Iran’s regional enemy, Israel, also joined the multinational mission. Although not acknowledged by the US, three Israeli F-16 fighter jets accompanied the US bombers “through the skies of Israel on their way to the (Persian) Gulf,” the Israeli military said, adding to the country’s cooperation with the US military. Air Security in Israel and the Middle East as a Key to Sustaining”. ,
Central Command was expanded last year to include Israel, a move seen to encourage regional cooperation against Iran under the former president Donald Trump,
Trump’s decision four years before Tehran withdrew the US from its historic nuclear deal with world powers sparked a series of escalating incidents in the region.
Even as diplomats now dispute a possible revival of the nuclear deal, Iran’s navy seized two US maritime drones in the Red Sea last week.
That capture comes just days after the country’s paramilitary force revolutionary guard Towed another maritime drone before releasing it as a US warship. The US Navy is deploying ultra-endurance aerial surveillance drones to monitor threats in critical waterways that have seen repeated sea attacks.
Tensions remain high even after recent clashes between US forces and Iranian-backed militias in the region. Washington carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria last month targeting areas used by militias backed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, prompting a response from Iranian-backed fighters.
US and Iranian negotiators in Vienna are attempting to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, which imposed sharp limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. last week, state Department Iran described the latest negotiating position as “not constructive”.
Meanwhile, Iran now enriches uranium to 60% purity – a level it has never reached before, a small, technological step up from 90%. While Iran has long kept its program peaceful, non-profile experts warn that Tehran has enough 60%-enriched uranium to be reprocessed into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.