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Offline rangerrebew

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US directs Navy to reposition ships in response to Israel’s attack on Iran
« on: June 15, 2025, 10:32:50 am »
US directs Navy to reposition ships in response to Israel’s attack on Iran
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Brady Knox
June 13, 2025 12:58 pm
The United States is maneuvering its military assets, including naval assets, in anticipation of an Iranian retaliation against Israel for its unprecedented strike against Iran.

U.S. officials told multiple outlets that the Navy directed the USS Thomas Hudner, a destroyer capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, from the western Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it will join the USS Arleigh Burke. A second destroyer was also ordered to change course to be available if requested.
 
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is based in the Arabian Sea, containing the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the cruiser USS Princeton, and the destroyers USS Milius and USS Wayne E. Meyer.

The destroyers USS Forrest Sherman, USS Truxtun, and USS The Sullivans are in the Red Sea.

One official told the Hill that the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is in the Indo-Pacific region, where it could be directed toward the Middle East if needed, and the aircraft carrier USS George Washington just left port in Japan, where it could be ordered toward the region.

Here’s a look at the firepower that the US Navy has in and around the Middle East, per a spox; one aircraft carrier and multiple surface warships — all of which are capable of air defense.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3441174/us-navy-ships-response-israel-attack-iran/
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Re: US directs Navy to reposition ships in response to Israel’s attack on Iran
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2025, 01:37:09 pm »
Iran has been the aggressor here all along.  If Iran retaliates against any USA bases in the middle east, I consider that an act of war, and I say the time has come to begin treating Iran like an enemy state, who has declared war against us, and I say level one city each week until Iran agrees to end its nuclear program and surrender all war making equipment.

The complete annihilation of Iran is the only solution.  Tolerating these genocidal maniacs has long ago dictated taking decisive action, yet no one does anything.  Cut the head from the snake, and the surrogates like the Houthis, Hamas, Hezbolla, and others begins to dry up.
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