SingaporeA third US carrier strike group is one port call from the Iran war.
Two carrier groups are already prepared should Trump renew strikes on Iran.
The Theodore Roosevelt group left Yokosuka on 19 October and crosses the Strait of Malacca next.
Trump called Monday’s unannounced strike on Qeshm Island a minor attack on an anti-aircraft facility.
A US official says the group will not reach the region before mid-November.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone leans critical
- points to the US quiet Qeshm strikes and the unannounced attacks as a break from past disclosure practice, suggesting shaping operations before a go order
Sources: The War Zone