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Largest aircraft carrier in the world sent by US to Middle East as Iran talks continue

Jerusalem Post

Tzvi Jasper / JERUSALEM POST 

The US will send the largest aircraft carrier in the world to the Persian Gulf to bolster its forces in the Middle East, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

The USS Gerald R. Ford and its escort ships had previously been deployed in the Caribbean and, according to four anonymous US officials, were informed of their new destination on Thursday. 

Notably, this comes after reports that the USS George H.W. Bush would deploy to the region. The Wall Street Journal quoted an anonymous source as claiming that the Bush was performing training exercises off the Virginia coast and “could potentially expedite those exercises.”

Concurrently, the Ford had originally been meant to be deployed in European waters, but was redirected to the Caribbean in order to participate in the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The carrier is not expected to return to its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, until late April or early May, further extending an already lengthy deployment for its crew and delaying the implementation of planned upgrades and repairs. Read more here.

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