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 16, 2022 of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) are underway in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105) and the training vessel Hatakaze-class JS Hatakaze (TV 3520) during exercise Jungle Warfare 2022 (JWX 22) in the Philippine Sea. The 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, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mas

Japan, Russia conduct joint drill

Japan, Russia conduct joint drill

OFF BOSO PENINSULA, Japan - The Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev (front) and the Japanese destroyer Murasame (L) spray water at the Japanese vessel Hatakaze (C) in a joint search-and-rescue drill off Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 20. In July last year, the 6,700-ton Russian warship also took part in the first joint drill with Japan, in the northern part of the Sea of Japan.

Japan, Russia conduct joint drill

Japan, Russia conduct joint drill

Off Boso Peninsula, Japan - The Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev (front) and the Japanese destroyer Murasame (L) spray water at the Japanese vessel Hatakaze (C) in a joint search-and-rescue drill off Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 20. In July last year, the 6,700-ton Russian warship also took part in the first joint drill with Japan, in the northern part of the Sea of Japan.