The United States pulls another aircraft carrier to the water boundaries of Iran

The Pentagon sends another aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf area, which is headed by Nimitz atomic aircraft carrier. As the representative of the American military department Jeff Davis specified, this should not be considered as an increase in forces in the region, since Nimitz will have to replace the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower. The new ship, accompanied by several destroyers, frigates and one submarine, will be departed on Monday from San Diego, reports Reuters.

"The group will arrive in the Gulf area in early May, and we do not even plan that both aircraft carriers are there at the same time," Davis noted.

However, now in the bay, along with Dwight D. Eisenhower, there is another atomic aircraft carrier - John C. Stennis. On Tuesday, off the coast of Iran unexpectedly began joint exercises . According to the representative of the command of the 5th fleet of the US Navy, which is based in Manam (Bahrain), these maneuvers should be completed on Friday. They participated in 15 warships, over 100 aircraft and a total of 10 thousand military personnel.

According to the military, three aircraft carriers cannot be in the area of ​​the bay at once, and it is impossible to say "about future needs or operations". At the same time, the command of the 5th Fleet admitted that the decision to start the teachings was made after Iran captured 15 British sailors last Friday, and the UN Security Council adopted a new resolution that tightens the sanctions against Tehran.

It should be noted that earlier on Friday the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, urged the United States not to deteriorate the already tense relations with Tehran, pulling off the troops to its borders.