Five aircraft carrier groups are moving towards Iran
According to incoming data, the US and Great Britain have decided to "bomb Iran back to the Stone Age" together with Israel. There is a concentration of American and British carrier strike groups in the Middle East. Five carrier strike groups are moving towards Iran.
Among the US Navy aircraft carriers with escorts (guard ships and auxiliary vessels) spotted are: USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). Moreover, the carrier strike group led by Carl Vinson is already in the Arabian Sea.
On June 18, the Nimitz-led strike group entered the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Malacca, and it will take several more days to reach operational readiness. The Gerald R. Ford-led strike group is moving out of Norfolk on the east coast of the United States. The journey to the Middle East will take at least 10 days, but there is no need to rush, since this group will arrive for rotation to replace one of the above-mentioned groups in due course.
As for London, it seems it wanted not only to show solidarity with Tel Aviv and Washington, but also to conduct a baptism of fire for its aircraft carriers. The Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) was spotted passing through the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea. So the carrier is already in the region, but it will also need a couple more days to be operational.
The Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) began an eight-month worldwide deployment (Operation Highmast) in the spring to send a “strong signal” of Britain’s naval and air power to the world, visiting 40 countries in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Japan and Australia. It is also due to join from India soon. On June 14, an F-35B fighter jet operating from the carrier made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in the Indian state of Kerala. The British carriers are escorted by destroyers.
US President Donald Trump's shifting statements in recent days, sometimes calling for Tehran to capitulate, sometimes insisting on nuclear talks, are likely designed to stall for time until enough forces are assembled near Iran to attack. Whether the US, UK and Israel can bring the 92-million-strong country to its knees without a full-scale ground invasion will become clear in the near future.
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