Illustrative image. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maxwell Orlosky)
President Trump ordered the Pentagon to send the United States largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group to the Middle East in order to boost American forces in the region amid tensions with Iran, Axios reported on February 13, citing two U.S. officials confirmed.
The Ford is currently present in the Caribbean Sea. Trump sent the Ford there in November as part of the operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
It will likely need three or four weeks to arrive in the Middle East. There it will join the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group, which arrived in the region earlier in the month amid massive U.S. military buildup.
Axiso said that the deployment of the second carrier strike group will “increase the pressure on Tehran during the nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration, making the U.S. military threat even more menacing.”
In addition to the American news website, the deployment of the Ford was also reported by The New York Times and the Associated Press.
Trump on February 12 warned Iran that failure to reach a deal with his administration would be “very traumatic.” Iran and the U.S. held the first round of indirect talks in Oman last week.
“I guess over the next month, something like that,” Trump said in response to a question about his timeline for striking a deal with Iran on its nuclear program. “It should happen quickly. They should agree very quickly.”
Trump told Axios earlier in the week that he was considering sending a second carrier strike group to the Middle East to pressure Iran.
The deployment of the Ford may not, however, be the height of the ongoing U.S. military buildup in the region, as there are signs that a third aircraft carrier could soon be sent there.
A report by The Wall Street Journal from February 11 suggested that the USS George H.W. Bush and its strike group may be reading for deployment in the Middle East.
“The order to deploy could be issued in a matter of hours,” the American newspaper posited, citing anonymous officials.
“One of the officials said the Pentagon was readying a carrier to deploy in two weeks, likely from the U.S. East Coast,” the newspaper noted. “The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is completing a series of training exercises off the coast of Virginia, and it could potentially expedite those exercises.”
The deployment of a second carrier group was highly expected. The U.S. had two carriers in the region during much of the war in Gaza. Sending a third carrier won’t be also surprising, considering that the ongoing military buildup is directed against Iran.
While the last round of nuclear talks in Oman was overall described as positive, it remained limited to the nuclear issue. The U.S. wants to expand the scope of the talks to include Iran’s missile program, and regional influence. The Islamic Republic will not likely agree.
An agreement between the two seems highly unlikely. Meanwhile, the ongoing U.S. military buildup suggests that the Trump administration has very much already made the decision to go to war. The deployment of a second carrier strike group, which is a costly move, hints in this direction. Sending a third will likely confirm it.
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they won’t make a deal anymore than zelenskg will be allowed to surrender or negotiators peace .they’re all being directed by foreign powers who want war .obviously to everyone except co offenders
course they can’t rule the world unless they incorporate it all first .
the parasite class wants hydrocarbon control. some say it takes three carriers to rotate striking power. lasting about two weeks. iranians get free starlink.
they want nuclear power globally .they want to build the plants ,and control them as a monopoly but usingfake trading names to look competitive , exactly as they do with supermarkets ,retailers ,medical centres hospitals health insurance banking and social media comments .
the ayatollah should negotiate he’s an empire at stake a personal empire .he reigns like an emperor .and he has sons and grandkids who from you tube sources are totally westernised .they live luxuriously and he can maintain that by peaceful means .imo .
yes he should but the war mongers would be upset if he does and you don’t want to incite their wrath .
you can’t negotiate with rattlesnakes like jooz and amerikunts.
clyde go hide.
talking to the u.s. is a waste of effort. they will scuttle the talks as soon as their assets are in order. only fools would think there is any chance of peace with israel. all the blather from fools like this just that. anyone who believes trump at this point is a moron. besides iran has the upper hand and that’s why they need another carrier. glad it’s the ford, they’ll get to know what it’s like being the fish in a barrel with no escape. karma.
you were never an opinionated ‘imo’ stylist in your previous postings there clyde.
looks like the trolling inbred sh*thead from sydney’s east is doing its’ mediocre shapeshifting stunt, as per f*cken usual. you complete dipsh”t !
let them send it will be destroyed all toghter at once . yemeni should get ready now bcuz it also directed at you.yemeni anshallarh should hit atleast one and drowned them .
what are you trying to say ?
he said that aircarriers are an easy target for iran hypersonic missile, once china as well as russia spot them and give to iran the glonass cordinates
it would be nice to sink them all. one third of us naval power could be on the bottom of ocean in blink of seconds.
what’s ramschnell ? is that double dutch ramses
more scrap metal for davy jones locker.
direct orders from emperor netanyahu.
that’s great news. they will be just in time to pick up the survivors from uss abraham lincoln. these carriers will not avoid or outrun a modern iranian missile. i guess once the gloves come off, and as usual that all depends on the usadmin, the iranian admin will enjoy their revenge. let’s hope iran has enough missiles because if they do get attacked, it will be via allied airspace or up through the toilet currently called isreal.
hehehe next target is to surround russ borders, control sea routes so russ cannot move and trade. slowly tbe west controls russ with aircraft carriers. my what a mess russ created for themselves.
hahahahaha…you should get a gig doing stand-up comedy.
well americans seem not to be interested in their sons and daughters, sending them to fight on behalf of aipac and israeli rothchilds interests, at least the reefs and fish food, will make a fitting end! sacrificed on 9/11 now in foreign seas, will americans never learn?
total western culture is a joke, because it’s artificial build to please the pedophile baby killers and eaters.
western culture is domesticated to slumber and beeing slaughtered. like in “time machine” by h.g. wells.
americans are going to learn, what they have done to nations in very short shift! may it be quick, and hopefully, the iranian nation will again have the peace they so richly deserve!
amerikunts will be crying when their carriers are hit and sunk
may the gods listen to you, iran top priority should be sink those carriers with russian and chinese weapons. russia should deploy specialized forces in iran just like the us empire and their european lackeys used ukraine to attack russia. eye for an eye, a teeth for a teeth.
also, if one of those carriers are sink, will be the end of the usa empire of the exceptionals, the supreme hegemon will be sentenced by all the others world powers. and it’s usa empire who are looking desperately to war war war worldwide.
the us americans gave their satanic government their children as food and game. they gave them their woman as toy and for mindcontrol. and they gave them their life their health(care) and integrity to pleasure them and let them playing god on them. this is not a christian army but a converted army for satan.
the persians never learn, they are really going to get hit hard this time
soon it will be…israel, what israel? u.s. fleet? where? with the italian fleet, see it soon with a glass-bottom boat.
israel found out right?
now usa is begging for it.
unlike the amerikunts, the persians will never be grovelling, toadying, lickspittle slaves of the jooz. this time the jewsa will face russia and china as well and it is going down. the whole world will break out the champagne and join in to give the amerikunts a long overdue good kicking. then all that will be left is to sort out the jooz once and for all.
now, i wouldn’t want to be a joo around dimona, tel aviv, or the remains of herod’s old fort (or whatever) that they keep bangin’ their inbred skulls on.
more of my aids infected americunt gay sailors looking to swallow arab jizz
you’ll get ’em all upset with that ‘arab jizz’ bit.
looking forward to a combined plan, indian and russian navy operating in pacific and indian ocean.
imagine a carrier strike group including type 055, type 052d, admiral nakhimov and admiral gorshkov class combined with type 075 carrier and type 003. formidable surface warfare strike group.
add russian attack and cruiser submarines to the package and the usn is in deep, troubled waters
sink those suckers. send every amerikunt ar*ehole home in a bodybag. break the jewsa into a thousand pieces.