“The US is deploying additional air defense and naval forces in response to possible Iranian strikes in the region.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Air defense system of the US Army Patriot. Photo: Getty Images Source: The Wall Street Journal with reference to American officials
Details: An aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln has reportedly already been deployed to the region, and F-35 and F-15E fighter jets are being moved closer to the potential war zone.
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Literally from the article WSJ: “Trump has not yet decided whether or how he will use force. But U.S. airstrikes against Iran are not imminent, U.S. officials say, as the Pentagon deploys additional air defenses to better protect Israel, Arab allies and U.S. forces in the event of an Iranian retaliatory strike and a potential protracted conflict.”
Details: The U.S. military may launch limited airstrikes against Iran if Trump orders an attack today, according to U.S. officials. However, they predict that such actions will likely provoke a mirror reaction from Iran, which will require the United States to have powerful air defense capabilities.
Thus, the Pentagon emphasizes air defense, which is why it additionally deploys the THAAD battery and Patriot complexes at military bases in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
US destroyers with anti-missile defense capabilities capable of intercepting ballistic missiles and drones are also already in the region. Some of the ships patrol near the Strait of Hormuz, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.
What preceded:
The Iranian regime during brutal suppression of anti-government protests killed at least 16,500 people and injured more than 330,000. Mass murders take place in conditions of total shutdown of the Internet and telephone communication.
January 11 Trump Iran publicly warnedthat the US would “step in” and help the protesters win their freedom if the ayatollah’s regime resorted to deadly violence against the demonstrators.
On January 28, US President Donald Trump reported about the approach of a large-scale American fleet to the shores of Iran and called on Tehran to immediately sit down at the negotiating table to conclude a nuclear agreement, threatening a large-scale strike.
The day before, it became known that the aircraft carrier strike group of the US Navy is led by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in the waters of the Indian Oceanentering the area of responsibility of the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
Earlier, the media reported that Trump had received numerous reports from American intelligence that the regime in Iran is in the weakest position since the 1979 revolution.
The Institute of Science and International Security reported on January 29 that satellite images the beginning of Iran’s backfilling of the entrances to the tunnels at the nuclear facility in Isfahan was recorded, which indicates preparations for the bombings.
According to the data The New York TimesDonald Trump was presented with a number of military scenarios that include strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the possible landing of special forces. The US president demands that Tehran sign a new nuclear deal, threatening an operation the scale of which will exceed “Northern hammer” in June 2025.