Trump's Move to Send US Ships to Mideast Renews Iran Threat

Key Highlights

• "I'd rather not see anything happen, but we're watching them very closely."The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its associated strike group passed through the Strait of Malacca between Malaysia and Indonesia two days ago and are now in the Indian Ocean, according to two US officials, who declined to specify their precise destination.
• They asked not to be identified discussing ship movements that haven't been formally announced. The Lincoln is accompanied by three Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers - USS Spruance, USS Michael Murphy and the USS Frank E.
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• which can carry Tomahawk missiles.
• The carrier's air wing includes F-35C fighter jets. Those assets are similar to the military vessels that the US deployed to the Caribbean Sea weeks before the US launched a military operation on Jan.