Overview

• Six B-2 stealth bombers departed Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri for Pacific staging points including Guam or Diego Garcia, with tanker aircraft providing midair refueling.
• The B-2 fleet is capable of carrying two 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators designed to penetrate and disable Iran’s deeply buried Fordow nuclear facility.
• President Trump has given Tehran a two-week window to negotiate before deciding whether to order air strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
• Any US mission launched from Diego Garcia would require authorization from the United Kingdom under the terms of the joint military-base agreement.
• Iran has refused US calls for dialogue as the conflict has killed over 400 people and injured more than 3,000 on the Iranian side.