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The US is sending another warship and more missiles to the Middle East amid Iran tensions
cnbc.com ^ | 5/10/19 | Amanda Macias

Posted on 05/11/2019 5:15:59 PM PDT by ransomnote

KEY POINTS
  • The Pentagon approves the deployment of a Patriot missile defense battery and a Navy ship to the Middle East amid increasing tensions between the United States and Iran.
  • The USS Arlington and a Patriot battery will join the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and an Air Force bomber task force, which were deployed earlier in the week to the region.
  • The deployments come as Washington tightens sanctions on Iran.

  • H/O: Abraham Lincoln carrier Navy
    The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Indian Ocean.
    Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric Powell | US Navy
     

    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon approved the deployment of a Patriot missile defense battery and a Navy ship to the Middle East amid increasing tensions between the United States and Iran.

    The USS Arlington and a Patriot battery will join the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a U.S. Air Force bomber task force, which were deployed earlier in the week to the region in response to “heightened Iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations.”

     

    The Patriot missile system, manufactured by Raytheon, is combat-tested against aircraft, drones, cruise missiles and tactical ballistic missiles. The system is currently deployed in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.



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KEYWORDS: iran; marines; missiles; warship
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1 posted on 05/11/2019 5:15:59 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Honestly, I pray that open conflict does not come - Iran is not a serious threat to the United States though the law of unintended consequences comes into play. Some have said this could be a normal transition of carrier fleets as there has almost always been a carrier presence in the Gulf - I have my doubts that is the case.


2 posted on 05/11/2019 5:21:59 PM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: ransomnote

Okay boys and girls, let’s get this war started - no more idle threats.

There’s people to kill, infrastructure to destroy, blood to be spilled...

Yeah!


3 posted on 05/11/2019 5:35:48 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: ransomnote

Peace through strength!


4 posted on 05/11/2019 5:46:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Paulie
There’s people to kill, infrastructure to destroy, blood to be spilled...

Yeah!

Yes...Yes...Yes...Let it start, we need more Muslim refugees from those hellholes.....

5 posted on 05/11/2019 5:56:05 PM PDT by varon (Run the conspirators to ground)
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To: varon

Nothing’s gonna happen unless they do something first. A pipsqueak nation who threatens it’s neighbors more than they do us. On the other hand we DO owe them a punch in the nose.


6 posted on 05/11/2019 6:12:39 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If Iran is dumb enough to attack any of our forces in the middle east, Iran will become a glass parking lot.....


7 posted on 05/11/2019 6:34:09 PM PDT by Stayfree (Liberalism is a mental disease caused by stupidity and elitism!!)
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To: Stayfree

They took our embassy and they’re still there. No glass parking lot.


8 posted on 05/11/2019 6:36:17 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: DIRTYSECRET; varon

“Nothing’s gonna happen unless they do something first.”

Maybe, but a false flag might help the situation along as well.


9 posted on 05/11/2019 6:50:49 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: ransomnote
What about some of that in the Gulf of Mexico or up between Baja California Sur and Sonora/Sinaloa???

Right now we are being invaded and the "smart"(?) people who rule us are protecting ragheads from other ragheads...

10 posted on 05/11/2019 6:54:18 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: ransomnote
If we're going in let's ask for directions to Damascus. That's where the REAL 🎆 are going to be.
11 posted on 05/11/2019 6:57:11 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON)
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To: Paulie

There’s also a Prophecy to fulfill.

Namely, Isaiah 17 & Ezekiel 37 & 38. It’ll happen no matter what preventative measures are attempted in vain.


12 posted on 05/11/2019 7:11:09 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: ransomnote

This will Build The Wall and Lock Hillary up in NO TIME..!


13 posted on 05/11/2019 8:51:44 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Stayfree

*** If Iran is dumb enough to attack any of our forces in the middle east, Iran will become a glass parking lot.....***

If “Iran” attacks, it will probably be a USS Liberty Redux, although our “closest allies” hoped Egypt would be blamed for that.


14 posted on 05/11/2019 9:25:23 PM PDT by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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To: gaijin

This will Build The Wall and Lock Hillary up in NO TIME..!

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Our government, and our president, have always performed more than one task at a time, so we’re in good hands.


15 posted on 05/11/2019 9:55:28 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks ransomnote.

16 posted on 05/11/2019 11:10:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Soon and very soon


17 posted on 05/11/2019 11:15:04 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: sockmonkey

Iran is looking at our base in Syria at Al-Tanf which controls the Lebanese border preventing Iran from building a highway from Tehran to the Mediterranean. They have been massing proxy troops loyal to Al-Qods commander, Gen Soleimani, and thousands of advanced missiles some with ranges up to 1000km

The attack(s) are being planned by master-plotter Qais al-Khazail, head of the Iraqi Kataib Hezballah militia.

Using small boat swarm attacks on the Navy or shipping is not the objective, and at best a diversion. Such an attack does not directly benefit Iran, but does cause the west pain. Al-Tanf, on the other hand, is a direct benefit.


18 posted on 05/12/2019 2:17:54 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: ealgeone

“They took our embassy and they’re still there. No glass parking lot.”

The Golden Egg is to lay a severe blow on one of our carriers, either knock it out of action or preferably sink it. There are several countries who have hyper sonic missiles that may be capable of this, especially if several are launched simultaneously. I suspect our Navy doesn’t want to test this; example, we haven’t sent a carrier battle group through the Straits of Taiwan for awhile now. It’s possible that the carrier is in a similar situation that the battleship was upon the start of WWII, “dead man walking” but didn’t know it at the time. Eventually, some third rate power will test one of our carrier groups. It will be interesting to see if we have the capacity to defend it. We shall see, I’m thinking....


19 posted on 05/12/2019 3:20:47 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: Spacetrucker

Define “a serious threat”...Iran would love to get a nuke onto our turf and it may be that a serious slap down may be the only thing that gets her attention to the point where the mullahs are deposed.


20 posted on 05/12/2019 3:49:57 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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