The United States will send the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, to the Middle East to back up another one already there, putting more firepower in efforts to coerce Iran into a deal for its nuclear programme. USS Gerald Ford was also part of the Venezuela strike force and was sent by … Read more
Listen to this article | 4 mins info Donald Trump has appeared to confirm that the United States is looking to further shore up military assets in the Middle East despite ongoing diplomacy to ease tensions with Iran. The US president shared on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, without comment, a Wall Street Journal article titled … Read more
A US aircraft carrier shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively approached” the ship in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday hours before two gunboats operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps approached a US-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to board and seize the ship, according to a US military spokesman. The … Read more