Odd, I just assumed they'd be hiding this activity from the entire world.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/b-2-stealth-bombers-appear-move-hours-before-trump-expected-white-house

As was demonstrated by Ukraine recently, you can eliminate a fleet of $2B bombers for about $20K in drones. An enemy could take out the entire fleet in an afternoon. The hangars they are in are pretty obvious at Whiteman.

The most vulnerable time for the planes is sitting on the ground.

Concentrating our fire power in so few things is a risky position. The value of the B2 is a deterrent, but it won't be that useful in an actual war due to its vulnerabilities and small fleet size.

The future of warfare is small disposable drones. Such systems defeat $billion weapon systems on the cheap.

Mike C.

I suspect it is two-fold, first- they literally do not care. There is nothing Iran can do to stop the attack that is coming. Secondly- this is a final warning for Iran to surrender.

It's called 'show of force', 'intimidation' It's what Reagan did in the Cold War.

Let your adversaries know that you can wipe them off the face of the earth if need be. Because we can if necessary, and I would completely condone it.

But, what it does is brings these countries to the bargaining table and leads to diplomatic solutions.

That's what makes Trump so great. The Art of the Deal.

Scare them, intimidate them, some call it bullying, whatever it takes to end wars and keep peace.

Hard to hide CONUS departures.

A few weeks ago six B-2’s deployed to Diego Garcia. Perhaps to protect them. Perhaps they’ve already visited Iran. But they were not at Diego Garcia a few days ago. Guam is another reasonable destination for B-2’s, but a lousy place to hide. I wonder if Tinian is sufficiently on-line yet?

One of the E-4’s (Doomsday, B747) moved from Omaha to Andrews in the past few days. And …

A few days ago a conga line of 28 tankers departed CONUS eastbound along with several C17’s & C-5’s. I do not grasp the nuances of tanker math, but I cannot believe that Israel can maintain a tempo of 100-200 sorties/day with their six tired, olde, stove-pipe KC-135’s. Dunno if any of their Hercs can tank.

FWIW … Israel has destroyed the world’s only KC-747. Should have tasked Mav, Rooster & Hangman to steal it.

I don't doubt there is the ability to capture "any" signal they want. But there isn't the bandwidth to capture "every" signal. They have to pick and choose. And they are not allowed to indiscriminately target US citizens on US soil.

I don't doubt there is the ability to capture "any" signal they want. But there isn't the bandwidth to capture "every" signal. They have to pick and choose. And they are not allowed to indiscriminately target US citizens on US soil.

I spent 25 years at NSA - What you say is categorically false. There is neither capacity nor legal authority to do so and despite what the tin-foil hat crowd says, NSA very much follows the law.

I don't think we need worry that any enemy is going to launch drones to strike deep inside the continental United States!

That's the beauty of a long range bomber like the B2, it need not be in theater, you can launch it from Missouri, fly it half way around the world, unleash massive destruction and then fly home.[/quote]

Yep… B2 Pilot motto…. “Off for work at 6am… home to BBQ by 5”

Why not? Ukraine and I think Israel shipped the drones in containers into the target country and the released them, so they were short range drones. I don't see any reason Iran wouldn't try to do the same to the US.

Heck the drones could probably be assembled in the US from parts available here., all you need are a few technically skilled people with the right motivation

B2 just did its thing! 6 planes three sites taken out.

The world is now a better place.

Your information is not accurate.

I hope day 2 is as easy as day 1.