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The Pentagon confirmed that a dozen B-1 bombers were redeployed from RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom to their home stations in the United States following a security threat attributed to Iran.
The movement occurred over the weekend, and the U.S. military stated that its bomber force remains ready to deliver precision global strike capabilities from the continental United States.
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that the evacuation was a direct response to an Iranian threat. "They didn't fly out by accident ... We moved them around a little bit," Trump said.
He added that the United States knows who was behind the threat and their links to Iran, warning that if Iran planned to launch a drone attack from British soil, they would "suffer greatly." Trump also stated his belief that Iran was responsible for the attempted terrorist attack on the Fly Dubai flight.
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