The U.S. military has deployed six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, marking what analysts call the largest forward deployment of its kind. Satellite imagery confirmed the bombers on the airbase tarmac alongside refueling tankers and support aircraft. The Pentagon has not publicly acknowledged the operation.

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