US B-52 Strategic Bombers Land in Qatar

Earlier, the US military announced that B-52 Stratofortress nuclear-capable strategic bombers would be deployed to the Middle East.
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US Air Force's Central Command released photos showing bombers arrived at Al Udeid US Air Base in Qatar.

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However, the US Air Force did not specify where other bombers have landed; only saying that they'd landed in "southwest Asia".

Earlier, the Pentagon released a video showing four nuclear-capable B-52 bombers taking off for the Middle East.

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On Sunday, National Security Adviser John Bolton announced the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln and a bomber task force to the US Central Command region, intended to send a message to Iran.

In turn, Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC)'s spokesman Keivan Khosravi, following the deployment announcement, argued that the US move was a mere attempt at "psychological warfare".

According to Boeing, the B-52 Stratofortress has been flying for nearly 65 years. The eight-engine, 390,000-pound (176,901-kilogram) jet was the first US long-range, swept-wing heavy bomber. The last of the 744 B-52s were produced in 1962.

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