On the same day the Pentagon declared air superiority over Iran achieved, Iran shot down an F-35, an F-15, and a Black Hawk helicopter. Three American aircraft. One day. Then came the B-52s.

The United States has deployed B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers — nuclear-capable aircraft that have been in service since 1955 — on overflights of Iranian territory. Confirmed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Reported by Defense Industry Europe, Western outlets, and multiple military sources.

The B-52 carries GBU-72 bunker-busting bombs weighing over two tons each. It also carries — or can carry — nuclear-armed cruise missiles and gravity bombs. The Pentagon will not say what is on board. That ambiguity is the message. This is not a continuation of the same conflict.

This is a qualitative escalation into territory that no previous development in this war has reached. F-35s failed. B-2 stealth bombers faced defenses stronger than projected. Cruise missiles cannot hit mobile launchers that disappear underground. So now comes the B-52 — the oldest, largest, most visible bomber in the American arsenal.

The one that sits one rung below nuclear deployment on the escalation ladder. Trump purged his senior generals the night before. The Strait of Hormuz is still closed. Iran is still launching. And the aircraft that carries nuclear weapons is now flying over Tehran.

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