‘It Was a Message to the Iranians’: Leighton on the Use of B1 Bomber in the Strikes in Iraq and Syria

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LEIGHTON: "I think the main thing is we used a different weapons system as part of the package that went after the targets and that weapons system, of course, being the B1 bomber. A bomber that is versatile enough not only can it travel intercontinentally but it can also potentially be used against targets like Iran itself. So it was a message to the Iranians and in that sense, I think it was different from the previous engagements that we’ve had with these groups and it was more intense than the counterattacks we’ve engaged in over the past few months."