The US Navy’s newest and biggest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is set be deployed to the Mediterranean, according to a report.
It’s the latest public movement of military hardware to the region as the Iran-Israel conflict ratchets up.
The USS Ford, America’s flagship 1,100-foot nuclear-powered carrier, is expected to be sent to Europe as soon as next week, making it the third US aircraft carrier group in the region, CNN’s senior national reporter Zachary Cohen reported on Wednesday.
The $13 billion carrier’s deployment — likely to the Mediterranean Sea — had been scheduled last year, sources to the network.
But it will still be seen as an unmistakable sign of increased global tensions surrounding the ongoing airstrikes between Israel and Iran.
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