The U.S. Navy carrier strike group, led by the USS nuclear power carrier Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Eisenhower), passing the Strait of Gibraltar, entered the Mediterranean Sea, British news portals reported.
According to reports, the American aircraft carrier is heading to the Eastern Mediterranean, accompanied by missile cruisers USS San Jacinto (CG-56) (San Jacinto) and USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) (Vella Gulf), as well as Truxtun destroyers (DDG- 103) (Trakstan), USS James Williams (DDG-95) (James E. Williams) and USS Stout (DDG 55) (Stout). Onboard the aircraft carrier, 48 F / A-18E Super Hornet fighter-bomber aircraft are located.
In terms of staffing, the carrier group must also be accompanied by an atomic strike submarine equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles (Tomahawk) with a range of 1.5 thousand km.
According to the US military, the group is sent to the Persian Gulf region to change the carrier carrier group of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) (“Harry Truman”), which is currently on duty in the Gulf of Oman. However, before that, it may for some time “linger” in the Eastern Mediterranean near Syria, observers say.
As reported, last Friday, against the backdrop of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Syrian province of Idlib, two Russian frigates, Admiral Makarov and Admiral Grigorovich, equipped with Caliber cruise missiles, as well as a large landing ship (BDK), proceeded through the Black Sea straits to Syria. “Orsk”.
In the Mediterranean, the Russian squadron operates on an ongoing basis. It consists of up to 15 warships and support vessels, previously reported in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
Russian frigates, as well as diesel submarines from the permanent formation of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, have repeatedly repeatedly struck with “Caliber” militants in Syria.
Source: Interfax
