US blockade of Iran's Strait of Hormuz ports to begin Mon.
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The United States Navy currently has at least 15 ships deployed in the Middle East, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and around 11 destroyers, a force that could be used to enforce a maritime blockade of Iran’s ports,
USS George H.W. Bush may be avoiding the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the ‘other” chokepoint in the Middle East, where U.S. Navy destroyers have come under attack in the past.
It comes after the first round of negotiations between the US and Iran in Pakistan last weekend ended without a deal.
US President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to block the Strait of Hormuz after failed nuclear talks with Iran in Pakistan.
The U.S. Navy had been set to decommission the USS Nimitz next month. Instead, the oldest active nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will remain in service for another year