DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 2, (AP): Satellite images analyzed Wednesday by The Associated Press show the deployment of at least six nuclear-capable B-2 bombers to Camp Thunder Bay on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The presence of the bombers come as the United States continues an intense airstrike campaign targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. The B-2 has been used in combat to target the Houthis in the past.

Tensions also remain high between Iran and the US over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. The B-2 would be crucial in potentially bombing Iran's underground nuclear sites. Here's a look at the B-2 deployment - and the wider regional tensions in the Mideast amid the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip - by the numbers. That's nearly the number of B-2s now forward deployed to Diego Garcia, which is within striking distance of both Iran and Yemen.

That's how many times the US military has acknowledged using the B-2 in Yemen since the Israel-Hamas war began. That’s the number of pilots in a single B-2 bomber. That’s the number of B-2 bombers seen on Diego Garcia in images from Planet Labs PBC from Wednesday. The number seen has been rising in satellite photos analyzed by the AP since last week. That’s how many B-2 bombers are in the US Air Force fleet. 

That’s the number of B-2 bombers initially built, but one was destroyed in a crash in 2008 and another was retired after being damaged in a 2022 crash. That's the number of people the Houthis say have been killed so far in the new US airstrike campaign targeting Yemen. That's the wingspan in feet (52 meters) of a B-2.

Over that is the number of US airstrikes conducted since March 15 against the Houthis, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. That's the number of nautical miles (11,112 kilometers) the B-2 can be flown without refueling. That's the weight in kilograms (27,125 pounds) of the GBU-57, known as the "Massive Ordnance Penetrator," the bomb the B-2 can carry that could strike Iran's underground nuclear sites. That's the ceiling in feet (15,240 meters) the B-2 can fly. That's the estimated cost of a single B-2 in US dollars.