US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated February 7, 2022 of ships of the America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups, and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, sail in formation in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during exercise Noble Fusion. Front row: Landing craft, air cushion from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5. Second row, left to right: USS America (LHA 6), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Essex (LHD 2). Third row, left to right: USS Dewey (DDG 105), JS Kongō (DDG 173), USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), USS Spruance (DDG 111). Back row, left to right: USS Ashland (LSD 48), USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5). TThe US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman,

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 22, 2023 shows a view of the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 22, 2023 shows a view of the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 22, 2023 shows a view of the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 22, 2023 shows a view of the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 22, 2023 shows a view of the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 22, 2023 shows a view of the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 22, 2023 shows a view of the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 22, 2023 shows a view of the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A crane works at the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil, March 22, 2023. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

BRAZIL-SAO JOAO DA BARRA-PORT OF ACU

(230325) -- SAO JOAO DA BARRA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A crane works at the Port of Acu in Sao Joao da Barra, Brazil, March 22, 2023. Port of Acu is one of the largest private industrial port complexes in Brazil. (Photo by Paulo Lopes/Xinhua)

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