US deploys B-2 bombers to Guam amid Israel-Iran tensions

The United States has begun moving B-2 stealth bombers to its airbase in Guam, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday, as President Donald Trump considers whether to involve Washington in Israel’s ongoing military campaign against Iran.

While the officials did not confirm a direct link between the deployment and the current conflict in the Middle East, the move comes amid heightened regional tensions.

The B-2 is capable of carrying the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator — a 13,600kg bomb designed to destroy fortified underground sites, such as those suspected of housing elements of Iran’s nuclear programme.

Officials, speaking anonymously, declined to say how many bombers were being relocated and noted no forward orders had been issued to deploy them beyond Guam. The Pentagon has not commented on the development.