President Trump is sending the USS Gerald Ford, the world’s largest warship, to the Middle East, along with a huge fleet of aerial refueling tankers and F-22 and F-35 strike fighters, according to reports.
The massive buildup in military hardware is the biggest indication yet that Trump could be preparing for large scale strikes against Iran if high-stakes negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and brutal crackdown on protesters fail.
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ford and its carrier strike group set sail in the Atlantic on Tuesday and is heading for the Strait of Gibraltar, the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, USNI reported.
It would join the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group in the Middle East as a major show of force amid US negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.
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