US sends B-2 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons to Guam
The move is seen as an effort to counter the threat from North Korea.
The US Air Force said on January 11 that it had deployed three B-2 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons to Guam Island.
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| B-2 fighter. Illustration: Mail Online |
The US Pacific Air Forces announced that 200 Air Force personnel and radar-evading aircraft were deployed to Andersen Air Force Base.
Andersen Air Force Base, a strategic US location in the Asia-Pacific, is now home to B-1 bombers, which have been participating in military exercises on the Korean Peninsula with the Japanese Self-Defense Force and the South Korean military. The exercises were carried out after North Korea conducted nuclear and ballistic missile tests.
It is not yet clear how long the B-2 bombers will be deployed in Guam, but the US Air Force is expected to conduct exercises in the Asia-Pacific region during the deployment. The US Department of Defense explained that the deployment of B-2 bombers is part of the military program that the US is conducting around the world./.
