The amphibious ship USS Arlington will replace the USS Fort McHenry in the Middle East in response to intelligence about threats from Iran
The military is deploying another warship and a battery of Patriot air-defense missiles to the Middle East in response to intelligence about threats from Iran, the Pentagon said Friday — but the warship is replacing another vessel that’s leaving the area, according to a defense official.
Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan only approved the movement of the amphibious ship USS Arlington and the Patriot battery today, but U.S. Central Command requested both assets “earlier this week” at the same time it requested the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group and a unit of B-52 bombers, according to a Pentagon statement.The deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group and the bomber task force, which were already announced, represented a major increase in U.S.
All the movements are “in response to indications of heightened Iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against U.S. forces and our interests,” the Pentagon statement said. Until pulling them out last year as part of a planned shift of assets to Europe and the Pacific, the Army had long maintained four Patriot batteries in different parts of the Middle East.
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