How US military is assembling within striking distance of Iran
A huge arsenal of US military hardware is mounting for possible action against the Tehran regime - including something that gives away the possibility that any air campaign might be quite prolonged, not just a sudden one-off attack.
Michael Clarke
Military analyst
Thursday 19 February 2026 04:55, UK
Is the US preparing for military intervention in Iran?
Donald Trump told protesters in Iran that "help was coming" a little over a month ago.
But at that time, there was almost no US military presence that would have made a difference in the region.
On 22 January, he spoke of a "great armada" assembling, what he was referring to was the aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group.
None of it matched his rhetoric. But by this weekend it will have done so, as a powerful US military force assembles within striking distance of Iran. It has three main elements.
A posture built for more than a signalhttps://news.sky.com/story/how-the-us-military-is-assembling-within-striking-distance-of-iran-13509295
