US has developed heavy, invisible bomber B-2s on base Diego Garcia in the Indian Oceansending warning to Iran and Yemen’s Houthi that US air raids can be intensified if the latter’s attacks on Israel and navigation in the Red Sea do not stop.

According to her report Wall Street JournalB-2 Spirit strategic bombers arrived from their base in Missouri this week, a US strategic spokesman said. The bombers are part of the Pentagon’s efforts “to prevent, identify and, if needed, to deal with strategic attacks on the United States and their allies,” the spokesman added.

President Trump has ordered a campaign against Houthiwhich has led to dozens of air raids over the last two weeks, targeting the organization and leadership of the organization. The raids, which were discussed in a more controversial incident by Trump government officials through the Signal messaging application, were heavier than those under the Biden government, but have failed to stop the almost daily rocket attacks by the Huce.

Trump has warned Iran, which supports Houthi, that Tehran will be held responsible if the US, in the United States, continues its attacks. Iran has also warned that he will be confronted with military action if he continues his efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.

Former defense officials said that the development of bombers greatly enhances the US military’s ability to perform attacks on shelters that have been deeply built on land by Houthi and the Houthi and the Iran. The B-2 is the only American invisible aircraft that can carry the GBU-57 bomb, a 30,000-pound bomb known as Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), designed to destroy shelters. Their positioning at Diego Garcia base sets the bombers 2,500 miles from the Houthi territory and 3,300 miles from Iran, within their 6,900 -mile refueling radius.

“It is a message that Iranians have to take into account,” said William Wehsler, a former defense official responsible for the fight against terrorism and current senior director of the Middle East programs of the Atlantic Council.

B-2 bombers were accompanied by transport aircraft C-17a Globemaster IIIaccording to Planet Labs satellite images analysis, an Indo-Pacific safety specialist. These aircraft can carry personal, support equipment and ammunition for large -scale bombers.

“This unprecedented gathering of overwhelming American power near the area aims to send a message to Houthi that … unless they stop immediately, things are going to be much worse for them,” said John Hanna, who served as a National Security Advisor.

Last week, the Pentagon sent a second group of aircraft carriers to the Middle East, reinforcing US military power against Houthi and securing a continuous presence of aircraft carriers in the area as tensions grow.

Trump has warned that attacks on Houtha will escalate and that this team will be “completely exterminated”.

The B-2, which has been three decades, is America’s only invisible strategic bomber. Initially designed to carry nuclear weapons, it has been adapted to deliver a large number of heavy conventional bombs. It has only been used five times in attacks since the beginning of its operation.

The bomber B-2 was reunited in action in October, when the Biden government threw two invisible B-2 bombers from the Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri to be used in an attack in the Houthi area, about 7,400 miles away.

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The attack struck rockets, weapons accessories and other ammunition in tunnel complexes in the Yemeni capital, Sanai, said Mohammed al-Basa, a US-based Middle Eastern security analyst for Basha Report. He destroyed several tunnel entrances, although the commercial satellite image suggests that Houtha managed to restore access by opening new entrances, he said.

Analysts said the development of the B-2 was also a demonstration of power towards Iran.

“The US government has used Yemen to show that it has the ability and determination to hit Iran with a strong blow and prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon,” Wesler said.

The B-2 was first used during the Kosovo war when it destroyed one-third of all targets in the first eight weeks of the collision, according to a US Air Force presentation for the aircraft. It was used in the US attacks of September 11, 2001, hitting the Taliban positions in Afghanistan and paving the way for US forces to enter the country. Subsequently, the aircraft started the 2003 war in Iraq, throwing more than 1.5 million pounds of ammunition before a land invasion, according to the Air Force press release. It was used against the aviation of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and against Islamic State camps, also in Libya in 2017.

David de Rossi, a former defense ministry official, said the benefits of bombers: “There is no early warning for Houthi. Large load. Quick reset for a constant bombardment campaign. “

Many of the US attacks on Houtha have been carried out by fighter aircraft, such as the F/A-18 Super Hornets.

B-2s are commonly used at the beginning of a large business, said former Deputy Minister of Defense Michael Patrick Malroi. With their development, the US tells Iran to “come to the table of negotiations or will probably face an overwhelming military force,” Malroy said.