US Sending Largest Warship To Middle East

Handout photo dated Septemnr 8, 2023 of an E/A-18G Growler attached to the "Gray Wolves" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 launches from the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in the Adriatic Sea. The U.S. carrier strike group sent toward Israel as a deterrent measure against hostile regional groups arrived Tuesday afternoon, the Pentagon announced. The USS Gerald R. Ford, an aircraft carrier, and its accompanying ships were operating in the Mediterranean when the Biden administration directed them toward the Middle East shortly after Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nolan Pennington via ABACAPRESS.COM