U.S. bombers have arrived within the Center East area as tensions flare over Iran doubtlessly launching one other assault on Israel, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed early Sunday.
B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers from Minot Air Power Base’s fifth Bomb Wing arrived within the Center East, CENTCOM stated, with out elaborating.
Pentagon officers earlier stated that B-52 long-range bombers, together with extra destroyers, fighter squadrons and tankers, can be deployed to the area to discourage Iran and its militant allies.
The strikes come forward of the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday and because the complete Center East area teeters on the sting of being engulfed in a wider regional battle over the continuing conflicts between Israel and Iranian proxies Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon.
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CENTCOM shared a photograph of a B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber in a submit on social media confirming that the bombers arrived within the Center East area early Sunday. (U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM))
Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” following Israeli strikes on Oct. 26 that focused navy bases and different places and killed a minimum of 5 folks within the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday threatened the U.S. and Israel. (ATTA KENARE/AFP by way of Getty Picture, File)
“The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or the United States of America, will definitely receive a crushing response to what they are doing to Iran and the Iranian nation and to the resistance front,” Khamenei stated in a video launched by Iranian state media.
Khamenei didn’t elaborate on when such an assault might happen or its potential scope.
Iran had already launched two main direct assaults on Israel in April and once more in October. The newest assault noticed Iran launch practically 200 ballistic missiles in the direction of targets in Israel.
In the meantime, the U.S. navy final month despatched Israel a U.S. missile protection system, Terminal Excessive Altitude Space Protection, or THAAD, geared toward defending Israel from potential Iranian assaults.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
