"Donald Trump has ordered the world's largest aircraft carrier to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East in an effort to increase pressure on Iran amid discussions over curbing its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. The USS Gerald R Ford and its supporting warships should take about three weeks to return to the region, where they will join the USS Abraham Lincoln, dramatically increasing the military firepower available to the US leader."
"At first he appeared to suggest that he wanted to intervene telling people protesting against the country's regime that help is coming. But at the time the US had few military assets available. That changed with the arrival of the Lincoln carrier strike group, but by then the Iranian regime had largely regained control of the streets by killing thousands of people, and possibly tens of thousands, in the most brutal crackdown in the country's recent history."
The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier and its supporting warships are sailing from the Caribbean to the Middle East to increase US military pressure on Iran during nuclear and ballistic missile negotiations. The Ford should take about three weeks to reach the region and will join the USS Abraham Lincoln, substantially boosting US naval firepower. Trump mentioned considering a second carrier strike group while noting some belief that Tehran might seek a nuclear deal. Indirect talks between the US and Iran took place in Oman, Iran offered limits on enrichment for sanctions relief, and Israel seeks curbs on missiles and proxy support.
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