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“In the next few days” the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford will leave the eastern Mediterranean, where it was sent immediately after the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. ABC News said this, citing two US officials. In mid-October, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of the aircraft carrier and five other surface warships to deter Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran from escalating the conflict to a regional level, emphasizing: “The deployment is part of our efforts.” against hostile actions “Israel or any initiative aimed at expanding this war following the Hamas attack on Israel.” In December, Austin extended the airline's deployment for a third time, aiming to maintain its deterrence role as tensions continue in the region were high.
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To plan
The two American officials confirmed to ABC News that the Ford and the attack group's other surface ships will return to their home port of Norfolk, Virginia, in the “coming days” as originally planned so that they can prepare for operations in the future. The return of the aircraft carrier will therefore respect this program and will in no way leave the area undefended: the United States, according to the official, still has significant military capabilities in the region and the plans are extremely flexible, which allows the use of aircraft carriers further Cruisers and destroyers in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In fact, the amphibious assault ships USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall arrived in the eastern Mediterranean from the Red Sea last week to reunite with the USS Mesa Verde. Objective: Increase and strengthen the American military presence in the region while supporting Israel with an influx of war materiel as well as with the arrival on board the ships of 2,200 US Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).
deterrence
After the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, other countries also sent warships to the eastern Mediterranean, creating the largest naval presence in the region in decades as part of efforts to deter Hezbollah and Iran. Ford was later joined by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which was initially supposed to guard the eastern Mediterranean, but then decided to change course towards the Gulf region in order to dissuade Iran from expanding the war between Israel and Hamas. The Eisenhower remains stationed in the Middle East and is currently in the Gulf of Aden, east of Yemen, where tensions have risen in recent weeks as Houthi fighters have used drones and ballistic missiles in a signal attack on merchant ships in the Red region Sea attacks from retaliation against countries that side with Israel and to show support for Hamas. Several U.S. Navy destroyers from the Ford and Eisenhower Strike Groups were deployed to the Red Sea, where they shot down Houthi drones and missiles heading in their direction or toward Israel.
The project
With a length of 337 meters, a width of 78 meters at the widest point of the flight deck and 41 meters above the waterline, the Gerald R. Ford has a tonnage of over 100,000 tons and a displacement of 104,000 tons. Named after the thirty-eighth President of the United States, it is a state-of-the-art unit and the forerunner of a new class of American nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVN, Cruiser Voler Nuclear). Construction began in Virginia in 2005 at the historic Northrop Grumman shipyard in Newport News. From the outset, the project enhances the strengths of the iconic USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in terms of performance, maneuverability, unlimited autonomy and aircraft carrying capacity. In spring 2021, it completed the testing phase and entered active service with a crew of around 5,000 units. The costs were enormous and increased steadily over the years of construction, reaching almost 13 billion dollars.
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