The US is developing a second aircraft carrier With their impact team in the Middle East, US Department of Defense spokesman Sean Parnell announced yesterday (01.04.2025), referring to the need to protect navigation and trade from rebel action Houthi of Yemen.
As Iran’s backed, Houthi, took responsibility last month for repeated attacks against him «USS Harry Truman»in the Red Sea and the US aircraft carrier «USS Carl Vinson».
Washington, who has launched a series of bombings in Yemen in recent weeks, has not confirmed these attacks.
Houthi They target merchant ships in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden from the outbreak of war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
According to the American Pentagon, the «USS Carl Vinson» He has just completed high schools in the “Indo-Pacific area”, to “continue to promote regional stability, preventing any aggression and protecting the free flow of trade in the region”.
The US Department of Defense did not specify exactly where the two aeronautical impact forces are sailing.
At the same time, the Minister of Defense, Pitt Hegsheth He ordered the development of “additional firms and other air resources to further enhance our potential for defense and support”.
The US Navy Has in service of eleven aircraft carrierseach of which can carry about eighty aircraft of various types.