Everyone is pointing out the same thing as three US stealth bombers take off from military base amid Israel-Iran conflict

As tensions between the US and Iran intensify, three US stealth bombers have taken off from America to head to a military base 3,000 miles from the Middle Eastern country.

President Donald Trump has been vocal about the issue and has came out in support for Israel, after it launched a large-scale attack on Iran - targeting several of the nation's nuclear facilities - on Friday last week (June 13).

World leaders are becoming increasingly more concerned that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, and so too has Trump - who has distanced himself from any involvement in the assault, while also threatening to have Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed.

Posting on Truth Social on Tuesday: "We know exactly where the so-called 'Supreme Leader' is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.

Three B-2 'Spirit' Stealth Bomber, pictured flying over Pasadena in California back in January, have been deployed to a military base near to Iran (Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

"But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

America's involvement in the conflict in the Middle East could soon escalate after three stealth bombers were seen jetting off to Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean that is used as a military base by the UK and US.

As for whether Trump will order an attack soon remains to be seen, having said on Thursday that he will make that decision 'in the next two weeks'.

But everyone is pointing out the same thing over on Twitter, after footage was taken of the stealth bombers.

One person typed: "How is it stealth and invisible if random people see them and post on X?"

"'Stealth' meanwhile the whole world knows," a second added.

Another wrote: "Thats not very stealthy if everyone knows about it now..."

The stealth bombers could be used to bomb Iran's nuclear sites (Jesus Olarte/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Yes - everyone is saying the same thing, these stealth bombers aren't very stealthy!

"The key to stealth is nobody knowing it's happening," someone else input.

"Not so stealth if ya report it haha," typed another.

Meanwhile, one user asked Twitter's AI chatbot Grok to explain whether the US had already deployed B-2s to the Middle East already.

It replied: "No evidence suggests U.S. B-2 stealth bombers were stationed in the Middle East as of June 21, 2025. Reports indicate B-2s were deployed to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, not the Middle East, since March 2025 for regional operations.

"No B-2s were based at Middle Eastern airfields like Al Udeid or RAF Akrotiri. Three B-2s are currently en route to Guam, a separate deployment."

Iran and weapons-grade uranium

Iran has been accused of attempting to develop a nuclear warhead, mining large quantities of uranium before enriching it to 60 percent - with Iran having no purpose to enrich the material to such a high percentage.

For those unaware, natural uranium contains a percentage of roughly 0.7 percent of the isotope uranium-235, which on its own isn't usable as fuel for nuclear reactors - and needs to be enriched to 3.5 percent by removing the isotope uranium-238.

However, as previously mentioned, Iran has been producing and storing enriched uranium at 60 percent on mass - which would mean they've done most of the work needed to enrich it to weapon-grade uranium (WGU), which is typically deemed at 90 percent.

Infographic of where Iran's nuclear sites are located (Ufuk Celal Guzel/Anadolu via Getty Images)

How close is Iran to a nuclear weapon?

The Institute for Science and International Security, a non-profit watchdog, estimates that it has enough highly enriched uranium that it could create almost a dozen nuclear bombs in a month - if the uranium was enriched to 90 percent.

Its monitoring report issued on Monday (June 9) stated that one of Iran's factories could produce weapons-grade uranium (WGU) in just days.

Chillingly, it read: "Iran could produce its first quantity of 25 kg of WGU in Fordow in as little as two to three days.

"Breaking out in both Fordow and the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP), the two facilities together could produce enough WGU for 11 nuclear weapons in the first month, enough for 15 nuclear weapons by the end of the second month, 19 by the end of the third month, 21 by the end of the fourth month, and 22 by the end of the fifth month."