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Incredible pics reveal massive US show of force over Pacific with nuclear B2 stealth bombers in warning to China
By Felix Allen,
2022-08-16
STEALTH bombers swoop over the Pacific Ocean in a spectacular show of American air power amid fears of all-out war with China.
A warship sails below as two B-2 Spirit nuclear strike planes fly in formation with four F/A-18 Hornet fighters and a high-tech E-7A Wedgetail "eye-in-the-sky" spy plane from Australia.
The rarely seen B-2 flying wing - designed to be virtually invisible to radar - is the world's most expensive aircraft at an estimated £1.6billion each.
These incredible pictures were posted online by the US Pacific Air Forces headquartered in Hawaii.
It said the "bilateral training missions" alongside Royal Australian Air Force allies "enhance joint and multilateral readiness".
And it said the drills allow the Indo-Pacific Command to "respond to any potential crisis in support of a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific."
That was seen as a pointed reference to massive Chinese war games that surrounded Taiwan with planes and jets this month.
Xi Jinping's forces effectively blockaded the self-ruled island and fired ballistic missiles in a chilling rehearsal for an invasion.
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