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The US has carried out multiple B-52 bomber missions in the Middle East since Donald Trump returned to office. “The B-52 symbolises massive firepower,” retired colonel Mark Cancian told The National. “It carries massive amounts of munitions, and as a result, when people see that, they think firepower.” With tensions rising between Washington and Tehran, and the US targeting Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, experts say the missions are a show of strength - but a direct strike on Iran remains unlikel