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Even the Iran strike carries a warning: The B-2 stealth bomber fleet, at only 19 tails, could quickly be exhausted in any protracted fight.

These are highly advanced stealth jets prized for their short take-off and vertical landing capability.

The United States has deployed stealth warplanes and Navy ships as part of what it calls counter-narcotics efforts, but has yet to release evidence that its targets -- eight boats and a semi-submersible -- were smuggling drugs.

That amounts to 3% of gross domestic product, a “stealth tariff on consumer spending.”

Xi ramped up defense purges again in the summer of 2023, starting with officers commanding China’s nuclear arsenal, reaching into the military’s highest echelons and defense contractors that produce stealth fighters and other advanced armaments.