 "A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. US Air Force/Reuters")
US President Donald Trump has shared a video on his Truth Social account featuring a compilation of B-2 stealth fighter jets dropping bombs as the song “Bomb Iran” by Vince Vance & the Valiants plays in the background.
The song is a parody of the 1961 song “Barbara Ann” by the Regents. The video shows several B-2 stealth fighter jets, which were deployed to drop 14 GBU-57 bunker buster bombs in Iran earlier this week.
Interestingly, Trump shared the video after he brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran to end the week-long hostilities. “Went to a mosque, gonna throw some rocks, tell the Ayatollah, ‘Gonna put you in a box!’ Bomb Iran,” the song lyrics said.
What are the B-2 stealth fighter jets?
Designed and developed by Northrop Grumman during the Cold War, the B-2 stealth fighter jets are the most sophisticated aircraft built by the US.
According to Reuters, only 21 B-2 stealth jets have been produced since the fall of the Soviet Union and each unit costs about $2.1 billion.
With its bat-like shape and radar-absorbing materials, the B-2 is designed to be nearly invisible to radar, reportedly having a radar cross-section comparable to that of a small bird. Manned by a two-person crew, the aircraft relies heavily on automation to minimise pilot workload and reduce operational risk.
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Meanwhile, US media have reported that American strikes on Iran could not destroy the country’s nuclear facilities, as Trump says, but only set it back by a few months.
Trump has vehemently rejected these reports, saying, “The nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed! Both the Times and CNN are getting slammed by the public!”
US media have cited people familiar with the Defence Intelligence Agency findings as saying the weekend strikes did not fully eliminate Iran’s centrifuges or stockpile of enriched uranium.
With inputs from agencies