A US aircraft carrier has reportedly left the South China Sea after a live-fire drill and is heading to the Middle East amid anti-government protests in Iran.
US cable news network NewsNation reported on Thursday that the Pentagon ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group, which includes Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, to leave their position in the South China Sea and sail towards the Middle East.
According to the US Naval Institute’s carrier tracker, there...
US aircraft carrier steams from South China Sea to Mideast after Trump threat against Iran
Published 4 hours ago
Source: scmp.com
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