The US will send the second aircraft carrier to the Middle East – Cyprus Newspaper
The United States, Defense Minister Pete Hegseth’s decision to send a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East, aims to increase the military presence in the region was announced.
To Associated Press (AP) US official, who speaks and does not want to explain his name, USAWith the increasing attacks on the Houthis in Yemen, two in the region next month aircraft carrier He said he was planning to keep it.
Hegseth, the “USS Carl Vinson” warship in the Pacific Ocean for the Middle East, the instruction of the Middle East, the Red Sea in the Red Sea « USS Harry S. Truman » warship at least one month to the Middle East signed the order of the Middle East.
In the news, the presence of two US aircraft carriers in the region, Houthis It was emphasized that it would carry a “open deterrence message karşı against the supporting Iran.
US President Donald Trump said on March 19 in his statement from the Truth Social account, the Houthis would « completely be destroyed » by US air strikes, and warned Iran to stop the military equipment immediately.
While the US assigns two aircraft carriers in this region for the second time in the last 6 months, “Vinson” is expected to reach the task in the beginning of the next month.
The “USS Harry S. Truman, which continued its operations against the Houthis in the Red Sea, was scheduled to set out for the city of Norfolk in Virginia at the end of March.
