An American 3rd aircraft carrier will get closer to the Middle East
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. (Archives photo)
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USS Gerald Ford, the latest from American aircraft carriers, will take the road to Europe next week, a Navy official announced on Friday, who thus places a 3rd aircraft carrier near the Middle East.
The American army has operated many maneuvers for a week and the start of the war between Israel, an ally of Washington, and Iran. Thursday, Donald Trump gave himself two weeks to decide a possible direct intervention against Tehran.
The Gerald Ford will leave the Naval base of Norfolk, on the east American coast, on the morning of June 24, for a deployment already planned
Towards Europe, said an American navy manager.
The first ship of a new generation of aircraft carriers, the USS Gerald Ford is a 100,000 tonne-tone ship with nuclear propulsion, in service since 2017.
The USS Carl Vinson has already been present in the Middle East for several months and has participated in the American strikes campaign against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The Nimitz, who met in the Southern China Sea, headed for the west and headed for the Middle East.
For the past week, many large, carriers have left the United States to join the US military bases in Europe, while dozens of devices have been removed from a base in Qatar, which allows them to protect them from possible teheran strikes.
Donald Trump has been blowing hot and cold for a week for his war for a week.
Agency France-Presse
