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Pentagon Rushes Second Carrier Deployment to Middle East
(MENAFN) A second U.S. aircraft carrier could deploy to Middle Eastern waters within a fortnight as Washington-Tehran tensions escalate, media reported Wednesday.
An East Coast-based carrier will likely receive deployment orders, according to U.S. officials cited in the report. The USS George H.W. Bush, currently wrapping up training operations off Virginia's coastline, may accelerate its exercise schedule to enable faster deployment.
The deployment remains unofficial, however, as President Donald Trump has not yet authorized the move, and Pentagon plans remain fluid, the report noted.
Should authorization come, the incoming carrier would operate alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln, already stationed in the region. This would mark the first dual-carrier presence since March 2025, when the USS Harry S. Truman and USS Carl Vinson simultaneously deployed to combat Houthi forces in Yemen.
The potential escalation comes as Tehran and Washington conducted indirect diplomatic negotiations Friday in Muscat, Oman's capital. Rising hostilities have mounted following substantial U.S. military reinforcements positioned near Iranian territory. Friday's talks represented the first diplomatic engagement since American forces struck critical Iranian nuclear infrastructure last June.
On Tuesday, Trump publicly acknowledged weighing a second carrier strike group deployment to maintain military options against Iran should diplomatic channels collapse.
An East Coast-based carrier will likely receive deployment orders, according to U.S. officials cited in the report. The USS George H.W. Bush, currently wrapping up training operations off Virginia's coastline, may accelerate its exercise schedule to enable faster deployment.
The deployment remains unofficial, however, as President Donald Trump has not yet authorized the move, and Pentagon plans remain fluid, the report noted.
Should authorization come, the incoming carrier would operate alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln, already stationed in the region. This would mark the first dual-carrier presence since March 2025, when the USS Harry S. Truman and USS Carl Vinson simultaneously deployed to combat Houthi forces in Yemen.
The potential escalation comes as Tehran and Washington conducted indirect diplomatic negotiations Friday in Muscat, Oman's capital. Rising hostilities have mounted following substantial U.S. military reinforcements positioned near Iranian territory. Friday's talks represented the first diplomatic engagement since American forces struck critical Iranian nuclear infrastructure last June.
On Tuesday, Trump publicly acknowledged weighing a second carrier strike group deployment to maintain military options against Iran should diplomatic channels collapse.
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