Another US aircraft carrier is currently nearing its target deployment near Iran, making it the third of its kind in the area.
The US Central Command force, which oversees operations in the Middle East, announced today that the USS George H W Bush has now arrived nearby, in the Indian Ocean.
It wasn’t eminently clear what the aircraft carrier would do, but large parts of the US navy assets have been involved in blocking access to Iranian ports off the Strait of Hormuz.
Several Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, like those above, are taking part.
Among them are the USS Pinckney, USS Michael Murphy, USS Delbert D. Black, USS Rafael Peralta and USS Spruance.
First developed in 1991, the ships have a normal crew of between 329 and 359 people and are capable of firing both Tomahawk missiles and torpedoes.
USS Abraham Lincoln, a US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is also participating in the Arabian Sea operation.
Commissioned in 1989, it is America’s fifth nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
The ship has been joined in the Middle East by the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, which recently passed through the Suez Canal.
At least one high-speed Independence-class littoral combat ship, USS Canberra, has been participating in the blockade.
The ship class can travel at speeds of over 50mph.
In total, the US has over 12 warships and 100 fighter and surveillance aircraft taking part in the operation.
US Central Command says that it has turned back at least 29 ships since the start of the blockade
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