Trey Yingst: Iran no longer has any options
Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst offers an update on Israel and Iran -trade rocket attacks after Israel has eliminated Top Iranian officials and their energy infrastructure while focusing on nuclear sites.
The Nimitz Strike Group was previously planned to replace the USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, which has been deployed for a few months, but now goes to the middle -east prior to the schedule. The two will now be in the middle at the same time.
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USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the world’s oldest nuclear aircraft carrier, sails from San Diego Bay to the Pacific Ocean on November 18, 2024. (Kevin Carter/Getty images)
USS Nimitz – commissioned on May 3, 1975 – is the oldest active aircraft carrier with the American navy. This is possible the last scythom, because the Nimitz was demanded in 2026 that the bet was important because the Nimitz was also used in 1980 when the helicopters were part of the failed American efforts known as Operation Eagle Claw to save the American hostages in the American Embassy in Tehran. The US has since been in a shadow war against Iran.
USS Nimitz left the South Chinese Sea on Monday morning and went to the west, Reuters reported, With reference to data from the website Marine traffic of the ship. Two sources, including one diplomat, said Reuters that the courier was planned to attend a formal reception in Danang City, Central Vietnam, on 20 June.
It has since been canceled.
One of the sources said that the American embassy in Hanoi informed him of the reception that was called because of ‘an emerging operational requirement’.
The United States are shifting military means, including ships, in the middle of Israel’s preventive attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and leadership and the retaliation of Iran that have been going on for four consecutive days.
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A fishing boat passes USS Nimitz (CVN-68) while it sails from San Diego Bay to the Pacific Ocean to perform readyness exercises before returning to San Diego on November 18, 2024 to Homsport or Naval Base Kitsap. (Kevin Carter/Getty images)
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The US has both on the ground-based Patriot Missile Defense Systems and terminal anti-aircraft systems at high altitudes in the Middle East that are able to intercept ballistic missiles.
An Israeli attack on the Shahran Oil Depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer/Getty images)
One of the officials mentioned the Nimitz, who was in the Indo-Pacific at the time, as well as USS George Washington, who had just left his port in Japan, as assets, the navy could possibly rise to the Middle East if it was ordered.
American fighter jets also patrolled heaven in the middle to protect staff and installations, and air bases in the region take extra security precursors, the officials said.
Usually there are around 30,000 troops located in the middle and there are now around 40,000 troops in the region, one of the American officials told The Associated Press. That number rose to 43,000 last October to the middle of the constant tensions between Israel and Iran, as well as continuous attacks on commercial and military ships in the Red Sea due to the Houthis supported by Iranian in Yemen.
Former President Joe Biden initially encouraged ships to protect Israel, a close ally of the US, after the attacks of 7 October 2023 by Iran supported Hamas terrorists. It was seen at the time as a deterrent against Hezbollah and Iran in Lebanon.
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On October 1, 2024, American Navy torpedo hunters shot about a dozen intercepts in the defense of Israel when the country was attacked by more than 200 rockets dismissed by Iran.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
