The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is already in position in the waters near Iran. Thus, the US Central Command has three such ships and massive strike power, writes Business Insider.
The USS Abraham Lincoln is also in the Arabian Sea, and the USS Gerald. R. Ford is in the Red Sea. The arrival of the new aircraft carrier in the region comes against the backdrop of failed negotiations between Iran and the US and ongoing challenges in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which is an important oil artery.
The flotilla is on alert to launch new strikes against Iran in the event of a complete failure of diplomacy, as well as to tightly block Iranian ports.
USS George H.W. Bush is the tenth and final nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class. It is 333 meters long and 77 meters wide. It is powered by two nuclear reactors and can reach speeds of up to 30 nautical miles, or 56 kilometers per hour. It carries 90 aircraft - airplanes and helicopters.
The aircraft carrier is in a strike group with 3 other destroyers, a tanker and an auxiliary ship.