US B-2 Pilots Just Did Something UNBELIEVABLE To Iran
After a wave of Iranian missile and drone strikes on U.S. bases across the Middle East, America didn’t hold back. U.S. B-2 stealth bombers struck deep into Iran, targeting missile caves and crippling Tehran’s ability to retaliate. With hundreds of strikes already weakening Iran’s defenses, the regime is reeling, leadership in chaos, and missile stockpiles collapsing. The U.S. has shown its full aerial might—but what happens next could change the region forever.
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After a wave of Iranian missile and drone strikes on U.S. bases across the Middle East, America didn’t hold back. U.S. B-2 stealth bombers struck deep into Iran, targeting missile caves and crippling Tehran’s ability to retaliate. With hundreds of strikes already weakening Iran’s defenses, the regime is reeling, leadership in chaos, and missile stockpiles collapsing. The U.S. has shown its full aerial might—but what happens next could change the region forever.
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00:00After joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, Iran thought it had the answers.
00:04A wave of drone and missile strikes rocked U.S. bases throughout the Middle East.
00:09The U.S. didn't take it lying down.
00:11Iran came back with missiles, and the U.S. retaliated with devastating and instant revenge.
00:17U.S. B-2 pilots just did something unbelievable in Iran, and Tehran knows that it's already lost the war.
00:23Reeling from a devastating blitz of American and Israeli strikes that reportedly saw the U.S. carry out 900 strikes
00:30in the first 12 hours of its operation,
00:33along with Israel bombing Iran 1,200 times in 24 hours, Iran knew it had to strike back.
00:40It tried, but it couldn't hit the aircraft flying overhead.
00:43They're too fast, too well-coordinated, and simply too good for Iran's weakened air defenses.
00:48But what Iran could do is use its missiles to attack targets that aren't zipping along at speeds that are
00:54faster than sound.
00:56Stationary targets.
00:57Targets like U.S. air bases.
00:59Unleashing a wave of missiles and drones, Iran targeted a slew of U.S. bases throughout the Middle East,
01:05instantly transforming a country-wide conflict into a war that is affecting the entire region.
01:11France 24 has the details in a February 28th article, where it outlines what Iran hit, or tried to hit.
01:19In Bahrain, which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, as well as U.S. Naval Force's Central
01:24Command,
01:25Iran targeted the service center for the U.S. 5th Fleet.
01:28Gray plumes of smoke have been seen rising from near the base,
01:31which is home to a deep-water port that can accommodate U.S. aircraft carriers.
01:35In Iraq, where the U.S. still has forces based in the autonomous Kurdish region,
01:40explosions were recorded near the U.S. consulate in Erbil.
01:44However, the Kurdish security forces saw that the U.S. managed to intercept drones and missiles that flew over Erbil.
01:49Then on to Jordan's Muwafak Salty Air Base, where the U.S. has deployed dozens of military aircraft.
01:55According to early reporting, two ballistic missiles were shot down, with only material damage caused.
02:00It keeps on going, and if you keep watching, you're going to learn what the U.S. did to avenge
02:05these strikes.
02:06Moving to Kuwait, which hosts a number of U.S. bases,
02:09along with depots containing stockpiles of equipment and supplies for U.S. forces,
02:13Iranian missiles targeted the Ali al-Salem Air Base.
02:17They were mostly intercepted, though Italy, which also has Air Force personnel at the base,
02:21says that Iran managed to damage a key runway.
02:24Explosions were also recorded close to the Al-Udaid Air Base in Qatar,
02:28which is home to forward components of U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM.
02:32Iran also appears to have targeted the Qatari capital of Doha with an attack.
02:36In the United Arab Emirates, which is home to the Al-Dafra Air Base that hosts the U.S. 380th
02:42Air Expeditionary Wing,
02:44two witnesses claim that they have seen smoke rising from the base following a small series of explosions.
02:49Two rounds of Iranian missiles were reportedly intercepted in the UAE,
02:53though debris from the destruction of the first wave is reported to have killed a civilian.
02:57And finally, in Syria, an Iranian missile killed four civilians,
03:01though the U.S. is reportedly in the process of withdrawing its troops from that country.
03:05This was a massive Iranian attack.
03:07A desperate attempt to project power after the U.S. and Israel combined
03:11to take out over 1,000 targets on Iranian soil in one day.
03:15The U.S. has suffered casualties as a result of Iran's missile-laden response.
03:20CENTCOM has confirmed that three U.S. service members have been killed in action
03:23during what the U.S. is now calling Operation Epic Fury.
03:27Another five sustained serious injuries,
03:29and U.S. President Donald Trump had cautioned that the
03:32lives of American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties.
03:36That often happens in war.
03:37The U.S. wanted revenge.
03:39It got it by using one of the most powerful aerial assets in its arsenal, the B-2 Spirit Bomber.
03:44On March 1st, the War Zone, or TWZ, reported that America's B-2s had entered the air campaign
03:49against Iran.
03:51Flying from their base in Whiteman, Missouri, these stealthy bombers reached Iranian airspace
03:55during the early hours of March 1st.
03:57And when they arrived, they unleashed hell.
04:00Iran's missile caves were their biggest targets,
04:03and we'll be explaining why the B-2 was the right aircraft for that particular job in just a few
04:07moments.
04:07These facilities, which are built deep into Iran's mountains, are typically used to store missiles.
04:12However, some also have the ability to launch ballistic missiles through fissures built into
04:17the underground facilities, which makes them a double threat.
04:20The U.S. logic here is simple.
04:21Take out the caves, and you destroy Iran's missiles, as well as its ability to launch them.
04:26Iran takes a lot of pride in these missile caves.
04:29Almost a year ago, in late March 2025, the Iranian regime even released an 85-second video
04:35showcasing the caves and some of Iran's more advanced missiles and rockets.
04:38Again, this was a projection of power, or at least it was supposed to be.
04:43Iran's issue was that its propaganda video showcased a major problem that a country that
04:47has bunker-busting bombs, like the U.S., could exploit.
04:50Missiles were being stored out in the open in the missile caves,
04:54with seemingly no blast doors or other protective measures that would guard the caves if one of
04:58those missiles exploded.
04:59A chain reaction would be possible with the right strike, TWZ reported in March 2025.
05:05All it would take is the right match to light the fuse, and the missile caves would come
05:09crumbling down.
05:10The U.S. had just the right match in the B-2 spirit.
05:14America's most impressive stealth bomber was the perfect choice for the revenge it took
05:17on Iran, and not just because it has the bunker-busting bombs needed to cause a chain
05:21reaction of explosions in Iran's missile caves.
05:24Those caves have another vulnerability.
05:26They don't even need to be destroyed completely to be taken offline.
05:29All the U.S. had to do was seal them off by striking entrances and the fissures built into
05:34the caves, which reduces Iran's ability to use its massive stockpiles.
05:39After that, surveillance and repeated strikes to take out any openings that Iran tries to
05:42form put the U.S. in a position where it can attack elsewhere in the country while minimizing
05:47Iran's attempts to retaliate.
05:49So, the strategy was in place.
05:50The B-2 bombers had arrived.
05:52All the U.S. had to do was light the match.
05:54Before we get to that, let's look at what the B-2 spirit brings to the fight in Iran
05:58that no other U.S. aircraft delivers.
06:01TWZ's Tyler Rogoway offers some basics in an ex-post where he claims that the B-2 makes
06:06direct attacks against Iranian targets possible that no other platform can pull off.
06:11A single B-2 can carry up to 80 J-DAM bombs, each of which weighs 500 pounds, and when
06:17dropped
06:17in large enough quantities, deliver more than enough firepower to seal off Iran's missile
06:22caves, preventing the country's crumbling regime from pulling off a repeat of what
06:26it did against U.S. bases across the Middle East.
06:29Entire airfields' infrastructure gone on a single pass, is how Rogoway puts it, and
06:33when you add mops or massive ordnance penetrators into the mix, you get the bunker-busting capabilities
06:39that make the B-2 the perfect choice for taking out Iran's missile caves and, if the U.S.
06:43chooses, the country's underground missile facilities.
06:47Max Afterburner had even more to say.
06:48This is what the B-2 does best, going in when it's least expected, and hitting sensitive
06:53sites so no one sees it coming, and it's complete shock and awe.
06:56In other words, the B-2 combines its immense firepower with stealth capabilities that allow
07:01it to get in, strike, and get out before Iran knows what hit it.
07:05Afterburner adds that it looks like the U.S. deployed four to six of its B-2s in Iran,
07:09and he notes that each is capable of carrying two of the 30,000-pound mops that are each
07:14capable of penetrating over 200 feet, and will strike at speeds exceeding 625 miles per
07:20hour.
07:21The B-2 is the point of the spear for the next phase of America's aerial assault, and in
07:25a moment we're going to reveal precisely what the U.S. pulled off in its revenge strike,
07:29as well as what Iran has lost during Operation Epic Fury so far.
07:33But before we go deeper into that, if this is the kind of insight that you want, make sure
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07:39We break it down like this every single week.
07:42When America's B-2s blasted out of Whiteman, Missouri, their pilots knew that they had a
07:4732-hour round trip on their dockets.
07:49The U.K. has denied forward basing, though that may be changing now, as you'll learn if
07:53you stick with us.
07:54So the bombers had to fly thousands of miles, drop their ordnance, and then fly back, all
07:59in one massive trip.
08:00The U.S. deployed KC-135 Strata tankers to make up for the lack of forward basing.
08:05These enormous aircraft enable aerial refueling, which keeps the B-2s in the skies for as long
08:10as the U.S. needs them.
08:11Now we mentioned that the B-2 can be loaded with 500-pound JDAMs and mops that can penetrate
08:16deep underground, but these weren't the weapons that the U.S. chose to use on March 1st.
08:21Remember what we told you about the Iranian missile caves and their key vulnerability
08:24earlier in the video?
08:25You only need to destroy the entrances, exits, and fissures, and you get a missile cave that
08:30becomes a non-factor.
08:31The U.S. knew this, so it likely loaded the B-2s with a different type of JDAM.
08:36TWZ speculates that this was the Blue 109 warhead that is equipped with the GBU-31 JDAM,
08:41which creates a 2,000-pound bunker buster that is more than capable of destroying Iran's
08:46missile caves, or at least capable of destroying missile launch apertures and runner entrances
08:50that lead into those caves.
08:53It looks like TWZ's speculation was correct.
08:56In the wake of its B-2 bombing run, SENTCOM announced precisely what the U.S. used.
09:00Last night, U.S. B-2 stealth bombers, armed with 2,000-pound bombs, struck Iran's hardened
09:05ballistic missile facilities.
09:07No nation should ever doubt America's resolve, SENTCOM said in a March 1st ex post, which
09:12was accompanied by a video showing B-2s in flight.
09:15The mention of 2,000-pound bombs in that post suggests that TWZ was right on the money
09:19when it speculated on the use of the Blue 109 warhead.
09:22And now we're starting to see evidence of the damage that America's B-2s caused.
09:27Satellite images are starting to come to light, showcasing what has happened to the missile
09:31caves that the U.S. has targeted.
09:33Shared by Brady Afrik on X, one series of photographs demonstrates that Iran's Tabriz
09:38North missile base has been wrecked by the B-2s, with the pictures showcasing the precise
09:43types of collapsed tunnel entrances that we told you earlier are enough to put many of
09:47these types of bases out of commission.
09:49Newsweek reports that the U.S. also appears to have taken out a radar system at Iran's
09:53Zahedan Air Base, though it's unclear if this was done by the B-2s, or if the radar
09:57was destroyed as part of the 2,000-plus strikes conducted by the U.S. and Israel during its
10:02initial thunderstorm of strikes against Iran.
10:04The same outlet reports that Iran's drone and cruise missile storage bunkers in Conorak
10:08have been destroyed.
10:10What we see here is the systematic destruction of the one major threat that Iran poses to
10:14the U.S. Iran struck U.S. bases with missiles.
10:17The U.S. and its B-2s have mostly taken those missiles out of the picture.
10:22But beyond that, what this now means is that the U.S. can follow up with more strikes conducted
10:26by its carrier-based assets.
10:28After all, Iran's ballistic missiles posed a threat to the carriers that the U.S. has
10:32stationed in the Persian Gulf.
10:34As the U.S. takes Iran's missile threat offline, those carriers can position themselves
10:38closer to Iran's territory, which only speeds up the rate of strikes that the U.S. can carry
10:42out.
10:43Afterburner explains, stating that it's likely F-22s that paved the way for the B-2s that
10:48the U.S. unleashed, likely by destroying air defenses and creating safe aerial corridors.
10:53Now that Iran's missile caves have collapsed, carrier assets like the F-18s launched from
10:58the USS Abraham Lincoln will likely start blasting off every 30 minutes to utterly ruin more of
11:04Iran's key military nodes.
11:06Israel has also gone all-in and will benefit from America's missile cave destruction,
11:11afterburner adds.
11:12200 jets, F-35s, custom Israeli electronic warfare jets, F-15s from Israel, F-15Es from
11:18the U.S. will add to something called Lucas, which is a one-way attack drone that is akin
11:23to an upgraded version of Iran's own Shahid-136.
11:27So if Iran thought the worst was over following the flight of the B-2s, it is sorely mistaken.
11:32Much more is coming.
11:33We'll come back to that topic in a few moments, but before we get to that, let's sum up the
11:37situation for Iran as it stands right now.
11:39On the ballistic missile front, it would be inaccurate to claim that Iran has completely
11:43lost the ability to fire missiles at the U.S., Israel, and other targets.
11:47We don't have full confirmation of what America's B-2s destroyed during their bombing runs, so
11:52more information is needed to determine just how crippled Iran's missile capabilities are.
11:57But what Iran's collapsing regime has to deal with is that its missile threat is being
12:01taken away.
12:01We said earlier that missiles form the backbone of the attacking threat that Iran presents
12:06to the United States.
12:07According to the New York Times, Iran is believed to have over 3,000 missiles in its stockpiles,
12:12though some estimates claim that the country planned to build its stockpiles up to 8,000
12:16by the end of 2027.
12:18Immediately, America's B-2 bombers have forced Iran to pump the brakes on those plans.
12:23Iran is trying to build dozens of missiles per month, the New York Times reports, but every
12:28successful American and Israeli strike is destined to slow that production rate down.
12:32Add Iran expending missiles from the diminishing launch sites that it has, and you also get
12:36a country that is eating into stockpiles that it is attempting to replenish.
12:40Some of Iran's missiles are advanced enough to cause serious damage to U.S. interests in
12:45the Middle East.
12:45The Foundation for Defense of Democracies highlights some of them, with particularly heavy hitters
12:50including the Sejil 2, which has a range of 2,000 kilometers, or about 1,240 miles, and
12:56the Qoram Shah, which flies for between 2,000 and 3,000 kilometers, or 1,240 and 1,864 miles.
13:04These are the types of missiles that America's B-2 bombers have tried to take out of the picture
13:08with their devastating run of strikes, and it looks like it has worked.
13:12The New York Times reports that Israeli officials are claiming that Operation Epic Fury, which is
13:17combining with Israel's own Operation Roaring Lion, has shut down about half of Iran's missile
13:22capabilities already.
13:23Adding to the airstrikes conducted against Iran by the U.S. and Israel in June 2025, these
13:28most recent operations have contributed to the destruction of around 200 of Iran's ballistic
13:33missile launchers, along with the rendering of dozens more inoperable, the official claims.
13:38So with each subsequent strike that the U.S. carries out, and we may yet see B-2s fly
13:42again very soon, Iran's missile capabilities are collapsing.
13:46Just like its regime.
13:48Preliminary figures being reported by Al Jazeera in its live tracker of the war between Iran
13:53and the U.S. and Israel suggest that at least 555 people have been killed across Iran.
13:58Among them is the most valuable target in the country when it comes to prompting regime
14:01change, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei himself.
14:04After a day or so of speculation that the head of Iran's regime had been killed in the
14:08massive airstrikes pummeling his country, Al Jazeera reported on February 28th that Iranian
14:13state TV had confirmed Khamenei's death and ordered a 40-day mourning period for his passing.
14:19Khamenei didn't even live long enough in a conflict he started to watch America's B-2s
14:23destroy Iran's missile caves, and he leaves Iran facing an immediate future where it has
14:28to figure out who is going to lead the country at a time when bombs and missiles are still
14:31flying overhead.
14:33Afterburner reports that a three-member interim leadership council has been created to choose
14:37Khamenei's successor, but that council has a problem on its hands as America's strikes
14:42are whittling away at the entire regime's structure in Iran.
14:45For each leader that is considered, there may well be a bomb or missile en route that could
14:49take that potential leader out.
14:51Iranians are celebrating even as the state instructs them to mourn.
14:55One of those Iranians, an engineer named Massoud Godarat Abadi, who moved to the U.S.
14:59at age 27 to escape Khamenei's regime, told CNBC, Khamenei is dead, this is the best day
15:05of my life, this is a glorious day for Iran, I believe his death could mark the beginning
15:09of a new chapter in our nation's history, in the long run I hope this moment will prove
15:13transformative.
15:14However, losing Khamenei does not automatically lead to regime change in Iran.
15:18The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is still operational, though it is being weakened
15:23as each day passes and more U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs strike deep into the heart
15:27of Iran.
15:28And to make matters worse for that bewildered force, another country is about to get involved
15:33in the fight.
15:34You may remember that we told you earlier that the U.K. had refused to allow the U.S. to
15:38use its bases in the Middle East for America's B-2 bombing run.
15:41That won't happen again.
15:42On March 1st, the U.K.'s Prime Minister, Zakir Starmer, announced that the U.S. will be allowed
15:47to use U.K. bases in future strikes against Iran's missile sites.
15:51This isn't to say that the U.K. is going to be sending its own aircraft into the fray.
15:55It appears to simply be opening up RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, along with Diego Garcia
16:00in the Indian Ocean, to the U.S.
16:02That's good for America.
16:04It won't have to risk stratotankers as much in future B-2 deployments.
16:08Plus, America's B-2 pilots may be able to take a little more time to zero in on their
16:12targets rather than having to get everything done in one go as part of 32-hour bombing runs.
16:17As for the next few days, Trump has announced that Iran has a few off-ramps if it feels as
16:21though it's absorbed enough punishment.
16:23In an interview with Axios, the U.S. President said,
16:26I can go long and take over the whole thing or end it in two or three days and tell
16:30the
16:30Iranians, see you again in a few years if you start rebuilding your nuclear and missile
16:34programs.
16:35In other words, Iran has one option, end its nuclear weapons ambitions.
16:40Will Iran take the off-ramp?
16:41If it doesn't, this may only be the first of many times that we report on B-2 bombers
16:46crippling the Iranian regime's missile capabilities, and when combined with America's carrier
16:50force, along with Israel, the sheer amount of air power being deployed against Iran may
16:55end up destroying its already fragile regime for good.
16:58Speaking about the American carrier force, there are some who claim that aircraft carriers
17:02are already obsolete.
17:03The U.S. seems to be proving that isn't the case, but it is an interesting thought as
17:08we'll explore in a video that discusses how aircraft carriers stack up against some of
17:12the world's most modern military threats.
17:13Check out that video if you want to see more, and remember to subscribe to The Military Show
17:18as we bring you the full picture of what's going on in Iran.
17:21And thank you as always for watching.
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