00:20three US Navy aircraft carriers one region at the same time that hasn't happened in over 20 years
00:29not since the United States was gearing up to invade Iraq in 2003 and right now as you're
00:36watching this three of the most powerful warships ever built are operating simultaneously in the
00:42Middle East we're talking over 200 aircraft nearly 15,000 sailors and Marines and enough
00:49firepower to reshape a conflict overnight so why now what does this actually mean and should
00:56the world be paying attention first let's talk about who's there carrier number one the USS Abraham
01:04Lincoln this is a Nimitz class carrier operating in the Arabian Sea as part of carrier strike group
01:11three it was redirected to the region earlier this year and it's been running ongoing operations
01:17ever since carrier number two the USS Gerald R Ford this is the crown jewel of the US Navy America's
01:26newest most advanced and largest aircraft carrier ever built the Ford has been in the region operating
01:32in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean after what was already a record length deployment this ship has
01:39not been resting and carrier number three the one that just tipped the scales the USS George HW Bush a
01:48Nimitz class carrier that departed Norfolk Virginia in late March sailed all the way around the southern
01:54tip of Africa through the Cape of good hope and entered sent calm waters just days ago now when
02:01people say aircraft carrier a lot of viewers picture just one ship but that's not how this works each of
02:07these carriers comes with an entire strike group a fleet of warships built around it we're talking
02:13guided missile destroyers cruisers submarines running beneath the surface supply ships and carrier air
02:20wings with dozens of aircraft each fa-18 super Hornets for strike missions f-35 C's for stealth operations
02:28EA-18G growlers for electronic warfare jamming enemy radar and communications e2d Hawkeyes for airborne
02:37surveillance helicopters for anti-submarine warfare search and rescue and logistics three strike groups means
02:44three of all of that together these groups are capable of launching hundreds of sorties per day
02:50sustained high tempo air operations across multiple theaters simultaneously the Red Sea the Arabian Gulf the
02:58Eastern Mediterranean all covered all at once this is not a show of force this is the force the short
03:06answer US Iran tensions have reached a level the Pentagon clearly isn't willing to leave unguarded the US has been
03:14conducting what's being called operation epic fury in the region including airstrikes a naval blockade of
03:21Iranian ports and active enforcement against Iranian oil smuggling at the same time a recent ceasefire
03:27extension brokered by Trump has kept a temporary lid on direct escalation but the underlying pressure has
03:34not gone away here's the bottom line three aircraft carriers simultaneously in the Middle East for the
03:41first time in over twenty years whether you see this as deterrence as provocation or as careful
03:48positioning ahead of a diplomatic endgame one thing is undeniable the United States just moved an
03:55extraordinary amount of military power into one of the world's most volatile regions
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