World's largest aircraft carrier heads to Middle East
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USS Gerald R. Ford, world’s largest aircraft carrier, enters Mediterranean amid Iran tensions
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The rapid buildup to the biggest, baddest aircraft carriers started with the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Trump sends America’s biggest warship, advanced fighters toward Iran in biggest military buildup yet
President Trump is sending the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest warship, to the Middle East, along with a huge fleet of aerial refueling tankers and F-22 and F-35 strike fighters, according to reports.
The carrier, fresh from operations against Venezuela, will join the USS Abraham Lincoln as American military buildup in the region continues.
The move comes while talks with Tehran are still happening. It shows that the United States is ready to use military force if the negotiations fail.
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Inside world's largest aircraft carrier which cost $13bn and is bigger than 3 football fields
The USS Gerald R Ford cost £13billion to build and is around 1,106ft in length - longer than three football fields - as Trump ordered the nuclear-powered warship from the Caribbean to the Middle East
Comments from US president come as Washington deploys a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East