Third Carrier Group to the Persian Gulf

[Alcibiades]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/third-aircraft-carrier-group-coming-iran

Third Aircraft Carrier Group Coming To Iran

For months now we have been following US naval developments and deployments in the Arabian Sea, which serve one purpose and
one purpose only - to demonstrate US military strength in the Straits of Hormuz region and to keep Iranian 'offensive passions' subdued.
Yet never has the US had a total of three aircraft carrier groups in the vicinity, always topping out at 2 in the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet, most
recently these being the CVN-70 Vinson and CVN 72 Lincoln, with a third boat present merely until a rotation in or out of the theater of operations
was complete. That is about to change, and with it the prevailing price of Brent, which we are confident is about to take a new step wise price higher
as the US makes it all too clear what the endgame is, because as Naval Today reports, the "US navy to deploy third carrier group to Persian Gulf", probably
the CVN-77 George H.W. Bush which departed Norfolk two weeks ago according to the most recent naval update, or any other Norfolk-stationed
aircraft carrier: there is a wide selection to chose from. USS Abraham Lincoln had already entered the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Jan 22. She is
escorted by a guided missile cruiser and two destroyers (USN), one British and one French warships.

Meanwhile, another US Navy's carrier strike carrier group headed by USS Carl Vinson is stationed eastward the Strait of Hormuz, in northern part of the Arabian Sea
washing southwest coast of Iran.

At present, the US has 15,000-men force deployed in Kuwait, expeditionary marine battalion, and amphibious landing group.

Welp

[Legbiter]

Good, the Arab Spring has been a disappointment as TV entertainment. Blowing Iran to shit should be more interesting. You'd have action in the Gulf along with Hezbollah and Hamas tussling with Israel.

[CountDeMoney]

Yet never has the US had a total of three aircraft carrier groups in the vicinity, always topping out at 2 in the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet, most
recently these being the CVN-70 Vinson and CVN-72 Lincoln, with a third boat present merely until a rotation in or out of the theater of operations
was complete.

We had three conducting air operations during GW1.

[Syt]

Question to the naval buffs - isn't a carrier group kinda hampered in the bathtub that is the Persian Gulf? And a bit of a sitting duck?

[CountDeMoney]

Question to the naval buffs - isn't a carrier group kinda hampered in the bathtub that is the Persian Gulf? And a bit of a sitting duck?

I don't like the concept.  Neither did the Pentagon until '91.

[mongers]

This won't end well, more imperial treasure pissed down the drain. 

I'll hazard the Chinese will be conflicted, it'll make the 21st century, the Chinese one, sooner than they expected, but I think they'd have rather continued to build economic might rather than having to take over US so much earlier.

Death to Amerkica.   

[Darth Wagtaros]

I pity the world that has China has the hyper-power.

[Josephus]

Question to the naval buffs - isn't a carrier group kinda hampered in the bathtub that is the Persian Gulf? And a bit of a sitting duck?

It would be a sitting duck if the country you were targetting had any anti-navy capablilities.

[PDH]

Thank god there is no chance even an Iranian airliner will get close to a carrier.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The Chinese built Iranian missiles will swarm all three, and the US will suffer a major setback, from which it will never recover from.  Then, millions of Frogs cry out at once, as they orgasm as one.

[Ed Anger]

Murderer's row 2.0? I've got a murder boner.

[Razgovory]

So we going to do this or what?

[Neil]

Yet never has the US had a total of three aircraft carrier groups in the vicinity, always topping out at 2 in the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet, most
recently these being the CVN-70 Vinson and CVN-72 Lincoln, with a third boat present merely until a rotation in or out of the theater of operations
was complete.

We had three conducting air operations during GW1.

Were those all in the Gulf?  I was under the impression that one of those was in the Med or the Red Sea.  Or maybe that was just Wisconsin.

[Razgovory]

I don't know many carrier groups that operate out of Wisconsin.  I wonder, even if the US does get some sort of agreement out of Iran, would Congress even ratify it?  Or would it be like the NK thing and the GOPtards in Congress would sabotage anything with Clinton's name on it.

[Neil]

It's an election year.  I think we can depend on the Republicans to do their utmost to sabotage a Democratic incumbent.