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2023-11-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Second U.S. Aircraft Carrier Arrives in Eastern Mediterranean to Deter Iran, also US nuclear sub
[Breitbart] U.S. Central Command said the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group arrived in the Middle East early Sunday making it part of the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

The U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying elements will join the U.S.S. Ford in the eastern Mediterranean to deter Iran from opening a second front against Israel from Lebanon using the Hezbollah terror group and its rocket arsenal, as Breitbart News reported.

The aircraft carrier strike group had moved through the Strait of Gibraltar earlier this week, putting two American carriers in the Mediterranean Sea, a rare sight in recent years, AP reports.

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is already in the eastern Mediterranean, part of a buildup of forces as the U.S. supports Israel in its war against Hamas terrorists and their backers.

One week ago CNN reported the amphibious assault ship U.S.S. Bataan is also being moved closer to Israel.

The moves come some 14-days after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin placed additional U.S. troops on prepare-to-deploy orders to the Middle East after speaking with President Joe Biden.

“I have placed an additional number of forces on prepare to deploy orders as part of prudent contingency planning, to increase their readiness and ability to quickly respond as required,” he said in a statement as reported by Breitbart News.

US military dispatches nuclear submarine to region

[IsraelTimes] The US Central Command says an Ohio-class submarine has arrived in its area of responsibility, which includes the eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman.

Ohio-class subs are both nuclear-powered and carry nuclear warheads.

The army does not say where the submarine has been deployed to, but its arrival in the region is may be part of the same strategy that has seen the US dispatch two carrier strike groups in order to deter Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and its proxies from attacking Israel.

The second tweet (X?) was attached to the Ohio sub announcement, so we get them both here instead of in separate posts as they ought to be. Someday I will climb this latest learning curve, but not today.



Related: Twitchy identifies that last as being from Israel’s top-rated comedy television show, Eretz Nehederet (A Wonderful Country), then shares responses in their usual style.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11145 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 
Summary:
The LSD's setting the stage for WAR and the 2024 Election.
Posted by NN2N1 2023-11-06 05:32||   2023-11-06 05:32|| Front Page Top

#2 ...The picture of the Ohio class boat is interesting in that it's not a Trident class - it's an SSGN, whose tubes are loaded with Tomahawk cruise missiles.

154 of 'em, to be precise. She's quite capable of ruining a country's day all on her own, and to quote one of the best lines from The Hunt For Red October...

"...Nobody would know a thing about it until it was all over."

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-11-06 06:55||   2023-11-06 06:55|| Front Page Top

#3 US sends submarine to Middle East that can fire guided Tomahawk missiles and makes rare public announcement of move, posting picture of sub in Suez Canal as deterrent to Iran
Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-06 10:44||   2023-11-06 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Good strategery! Posting a picture of a sub will deter Iran from posting pictures of their fake missiles.
Posted by SteveS 2023-11-06 11:11||   2023-11-06 11:11|| Front Page Top

#5 so, after 77 days the sub runs out of food. It will be replaced by another or already has been.
Posted by Old salty 2023-11-06 13:00||   2023-11-06 13:00|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Or is bunkered by the 2 carrier fleets.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-06 14:07||   2023-11-06 14:07|| Front Page Top

#7 The thing about having the CVA assets in the Med, along with an Ohio missile boat, is they're all useless in events about Gaza.
The carriers aren't able to do much about ground operations, and while the sub is loaded to the gills with cruise missiles, they're no utility on the beach, unless you're going to shoot at it.
Except, Syria and Lebanon. If you were thinking about Iran, the sub would have been better positioned in the Arabian Gulf, where it was to begin with.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-11-06 15:17||   2023-11-06 15:17|| Front Page Top

#8 A big stick is sometimes useful just by its presence. There are actors outside Gaza (iran, hezbollah, russia) who need some encouragement to think and act in a sober fashion.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-11-06 15:19||   2023-11-06 15:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Russia is busy building 4 or 5 warships a month, I'm told
Posted by Frank G 2023-11-06 17:22||   2023-11-06 17:22|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ from people you talk to?
Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-06 22:36||   2023-11-06 22:36|| Front Page Top

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