The United States Navy is sending another warship to the eastern Mediterranean as tensions in the Middle East rise amid the Israel-Hamas war.

The USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), the Navy's command and control ship, left Gaeta, Italy, on Wednesday to join the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in support of U.S. operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Operating as the most sophisticated Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) ship ever commissioned, according to the Navy, the USS Mount Whitney was the tactical command hub for the U.S. military's Operation Odyssey Dawn against the Libyan regime in 2011.

"USS Mount Whitney incorporates various elements of the most advanced C4I equipment and gives the embarked Joint Task Force Commander the capability to effectively command widely dispersed air, ground and maritime units in an integrated fashion," the Navy said in a release, adding that "the ship's afloat communications capability is second to none."

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/october-1...srael-hamas-war

So war is inevitable

It was on Netanyahu's request to Biden yesterday

Just send in the entire navy la.

why no send US marines, saw in movies and video games they very powerful

Looks like freedom is coming lol

Sykur. Palestinians getting democracy soon!

Or overwhelming presence can serve as deterrence.

Cannot.

Have to jaga Taiwan Straits and South China Sea as well.

More democracy inkambing!!!!

👀🍿🍷🤭

holy shit, USA mean business if they send this ship

Lebanon gonna get bombed. lol

Strike group 1 check
Strike group 2 check
command and control check

.......
jeng jeng jeng

Good point. I don't know long Peace gonna stand long in Middle east

More like real test data for this Hamas and Israel wars

Yup, they mean business this time.

Don't play play

Target is iran

Damn! Gaeta, Italy is already on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

The warship just need to sail a bit further east to join USS Gerard Ford which is already there.

Looks like it will arrive earlier than the USS Eisenhower which left Norfolk, Virginia 2 days ago.

are they searching for weapon of mass destruction

why not send USS Liberty

Actually just one Carrier Strike Group is enough to take out an entire country like Syria or Lebanon

nak buat show lettew.. need to send if not the ship is just waiting to rust only

owfff.. Palestinians gonna be flattened soon.

israel adversary posed almost no threat to US fleet, deswai happy go there.

Can anyone just dig up a water pipe, make a rocket out of it and paint an Iranian flag on the body and launch at US warship

Lets skip the foreplay and get to the nuts and bolt

Oh say can you see...
By the dawn’s early light...


God Bless the USA!

Why need overkill ? U do realise just “ONE” US aircraft carrier and a strike group enough to take any country down except China and Russia ...

No worries, the strike groups are not targeting Palestine but Israel neighbors like Syria and Lebanon

No such thing as “overkill” in WAR

US only believe in “absolute victory”

Proportionate response my arse.

This post has been edited by carloz28: Oct 19 2023, 03:50 PM

Putin has announced that the 2 carriers are now within range of Russia's Kinzal hypersonic missiles.

Unguided rocket hitting a carrier

Even a fairy tales don't have such plot

We don’t need the rocket to hit

We just want US to see the intent, that’s what matters lmfao

Start the first domino and the rest will fall through

prevent other send weapon to Gaza via sea ?

2 Carrier Strike Group can take down any country anywhere in the world

Just surrender ...

I said it because the USN keeps sending warships without tangible actions to stop the conflict.

It is meant to deter Syria and Lebanon from engaging a multi-front war with Israel.

It is not meant to help Israel in their fight against HAMAS

Like Putin said sending warships does not scare anyone anymore .. you really serious you sent boots on the ground ...

No lah ..

Just sent in the Taliban ..US will piss in their pants ..