{"id":593,"date":"2024-08-04T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T19:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=593"},"modified":"2024-08-04T19:13:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T19:13:15","slug":"us-sending-aircraft-carrier-warships-and-fighter-squadron-to-middle-east-as-region-braces-for-iranian-retaliation-cnn-politics-new-adjustments-to-u-s-force-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"US sending aircraft carrier, warships and fighter squadron to Middle East as region braces for Iranian retaliation | CNN Politics. &amp; New Adjustments to U.S. force in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u0391. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/02\/politics\/us-warships-middle-east-brace-iranian-retaliation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/02\/politics\/us-warships-middle-east-brace-iranian-retaliation\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0392.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&#x1f6a8;\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/15.0\/1f6a8\/32.png\">&nbsp;Breaking \u2014 new adjustments to U.S. force&nbsp; in the Middle East<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group (CSG) to replace the Theodore Roosevelt CSG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Additional cruisers &amp; destroyers ordered to the U.S. European &amp; Central Command AOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Deployment of another fighter squadron to the Middle East, reinforcing defensive air support capability<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Increased readiness to deploy more land-based ballistic missile defense if necessary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese posture adjustments add to the broad range of capabilities the U.S. military maintains in the region, including the USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group \/ Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG\/MEU) operating in the Eastern Mediterranean.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few relevant clips from the Pentagon press briefing today, &amp; thread with new map below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1007\" src=\"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095203-1024x1007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095203-1024x1007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095203-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095203-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095203-1536x1511.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095203-2048x2015.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095212-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095212-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095212-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095212-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095212-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_095212.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0391. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/02\/politics\/us-warships-middle-east-brace-iranian-retaliation\/index.html \u0392.&nbsp;&nbsp;Breaking \u2014 new adjustments to U.S. force&nbsp; in the Middle East \u2022 Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group (CSG) to replace the Theodore Roosevelt CSG \u2022 Additional cruisers &amp; destroyers ordered to the U.S. European &amp; Central Command AOR \u2022 Deployment of another fighter squadron to the Middle East, reinforcing defensive&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}