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- U.S. President Donald Trump has deployed the U.S. military's E-6B Mercury aircraft, the Doomsday planes, to serve as airborne command centers amid escalating tensions in West Asia.
- The move follows coordinated strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- Flight-tracking data shows multiple E-6B launches since February 28.
- China and Russia warn the conflict could widen.
