US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered the presence of the strike forces of two aircraft carriers, Lincoln and Roosevelt, in the Middle East, the Pentagon announced, bolstering the US military presence amid rising regional tensions.
The announcement, made in a summary of a phone call between Austin and his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Galant, constitutes a shift.
The Pentagon had initially deployed the strike force of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to the region with a plan to replace the strike force of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
(information from CNA)
