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US aircraft carriers USS Eisenhower and USS Enterprise in the Red Sea off the Saudi Arabian coast
http://debka.com/headline.php?hid=3452 Exclusive to DEBKAfile's military sources: US aircraft carriers USS Eisenhower and USS Enterprise in the Red Sea off the Saudi Arabian coast November 1, 2006, 2:20 PM (GMT+02:00) The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, and its accompanying carrier strike group, passed through the Suez Canal on Monday, Oct. 30, and arrived in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Oct. 31. DEBKAfile's military sources report that the USS Eisenhower is at sea off the Saudi Arabian coast, together with another aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. The presence of the two US aircraft carriers, and their accompanying strike groups, in a body of water as small as the Red Sea is an extraordinary development. So far there have been no indications that the USS Eisenhower arrived to replace the USS Enterprise. US Intelligence director John Negroponte also is in the region. He was in Saudi Arabia over the weekend and in Cairo on Tuesday, and is due to arrive in Israel on Wednesday, Nov. 1. With the arrival of the USS Eisenhower in the region, there are now three US aircraft carriers in the Persion Gulf and surrounding waters, including the USS Iwo Jima. Accompanying the USS Eisenhower are the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio, the guided-missile destroyers USS Ramage and USS Mason and the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Newport. DEBKAfile's military sources report that a fourth US aircraft carrier, the USS Boxer, will arrive on the scene by the beginning of next week, together with its carrier strike group. The USS Boxer is currently taking part in joint US-Indian naval maneuvers, dubbed Malabar '06, which include the landing of marines on beaches. __________________________________________________ __ mildly interesting, but Debka overhypes the amount of U.S. naval power in the middle east, and frequently calls a Carrier Battle Group a 'Carrier Strike Group'. they also count Wasp-class Marine assault ships as aircraft carriers which is ridiculas even though they do carry helicopters and a SMALL number of fixed-wing fighters, usually harriers. as far as what is known to the public, there are only 2 'real' USN aircraft carrier battle groups in the region, not 4. oh and I suppose you might count the French chicken-carrier in the eastern Med ? now, even if one of the supercarriers is not going away, being relieved by the other, leaving 2, that still doesn't make for a massive naval build-up for offensive operations against Iran. more like a defensive capability against Iranian retaliations. though I guess the USAF could conduct most of the strikes against Iran with long range B-52, B-1B and B-2 bombers. the USN and USAF could also use their SLBMs and ICBMs loaded with newer earth-burrowing warheads with mini nukes to quickly take out Iranian nuke facilities in a surprise attack. is there an Ohio-class sub in the house ? p.s. there is no way even the NeoCons will consider INVADING Iran. not only would that be incredibly difficult if not suicidial, it would push the Russians to built up their army divisions in the region and perhaps move into northern Iran to prevent a western-take over. Russia didn't really mind the U.S. taking Iraq since Iraq was always a western proxy to fight Iran, dispite the years (1990-2004) of villifying Saddam. Iran was a strategic ally of the Soviet Union (a super power) and is still an ally of Russia (still a superpower) today. perhaps more now than ever. ok I'll stop taking geopolitics, and military strategy which i really don't know much about..... LOL |
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US aircraft carriers USS Eisenhower and USS Enterprise in the Red Sea off the Saudi Arabian coast
Exclusive to DEBKAfile's military sources: US aircraft carriers USS Eisenhower and USS Enterprise in the Red Sea off the Saudi Arabian coast November 1, 2006, 2:20 PM (GMT+02:00) The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, and its accompanying carrier strike group, passed through the Suez Canal on Monday, Oct. 30, and arrived in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Oct. 31. This is true DEBKAfile's military sources report that the USS Eisenhower is at sea off the Saudi Arabian coast, together with another aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. The presence of the two US aircraft carriers, and their accompanying strike groups, in a body of water as small as the Red Sea is an extraordinary development. No, it happens all the time. With the arrival of the USS Eisenhower in the region, there are now three US aircraft carriers in the Persion Gulf and surrounding waters, including the USS Iwo Jima. Accompanying the USS Eisenhower are the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio, the guided-missile destroyers USS Ramage and USS Mason and the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Newport. Except that Iwo Jima is not an aircraft carrier, and that the Enterprise has transited the Suez and is now in the Med. The two carriers simply passed by each other in the Red Sea. DEBKAfile's military sources report that a fourth US aircraft carrier, the USS Boxer, will arrive on the scene by the beginning of next week, together with its carrier strike group. The USS Boxer is currently taking part in joint US-Indian naval maneuvers, dubbed Malabar '06, which include the landing of marines on beaches. Boxer is not an aircraft carrier. |
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US aircraft carriers USS Eisenhower and USS Enterprise in the Red Sea off the Saudi Arabian coast
http://debka.com/headline.php?hid=3452 Exclusive to DEBKAfile's military sources: US aircraft carriers USS Eisenhower and USS Enterprise in the Red Sea off the Saudi Arabian coast November 1, 2006, 2:20 PM (GMT+02:00) The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, and its accompanying carrier strike group, passed through the Suez Canal on Monday, Oct. 30, and arrived in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Oct. 31. DEBKAfile's military sources report that the USS Eisenhower is at sea off the Saudi Arabian coast, together with another aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. The presence of the two US aircraft carriers, and their accompanying strike groups, in a body of water as small as the Red Sea is an extraordinary development. So far there have been no indications that the USS Eisenhower arrived to replace the USS Enterprise. snip remaining portion of ... http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=26389 NNS061101-27. Enterprise Strike Group Concludes Operations in 5th Fleet By Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class (SW) Jen Crenshaw, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea (NNS) -- The USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Carrier Strike Group, including Enterprise, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 successfully completed its second portion of operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations Nov. 1. .... Can hardly wait for the next "prediction" from DEBKAfile's "military sources" ... g |
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