US Military Assets In Middle East
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US military's Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) claimed the vessel was involved in drug trafficking without providing proof.
The US military has assembled a massive collection of weapons systems in the Middle East in the midst of ongoing diplomatic negotiations between the US and Iran, flooding ships and aircraft to nearby waters and the constellation of US bases in the region.
There have already been confrontations between the US military and Iranian forces. The US this month shot down a Shahed drone that approached the Abraham Lincoln carrier. On the same day, members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened to board and seize a US-flagged tanker, prompting a US destroyer to respond.
A massive US military buildup in the Middle East suggests the US could be ready to launch a “sustained” bombing campaign on Iran in weeks — or even days — should Tehran continue refusing President Trump’s demands in ongoing negotiations.
The US military struck three alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean on Monday night, killing all 11 people on board, US Southern Command said Tuesday.
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The Department of Defense is testing nuclear reactors—small enough to fit inside a C-17 Globemaster cargo plane—as a way to power its remote bases.
Finally, some local media coverage regarding the proposed censorship of the “” military newspaper. While I was stationed overseas for the U.S. Air Force with my family during the early 1970s, we absolutely looked forward to receiving and reading the “Stars.
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the U.S. military's longstanding policy banning people with HIV from enlisting, rejecting claims that advances in medical treatment made it unreasonable.