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In June 2025, the U.S. deployed the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to destroy strategic nuclear sites in Iran, an operation that was deemed a "very successful attack" by President Donald Trump.

The B-2 bomber is built for long-range missions. In 2001, two B-2s flew a non-stop 44-hour mission from the U.S. to strike targets in Afghanistan before returning home, with several in-air fuelings.

A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, takes-off from Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, to support a Bomber Task Force mission, on Aug. 17, 2020.

The batlike B-2 is perhaps the most potent symbol of US military power – and it’s the only plane that could strike Iran’s deepest nuclear site.