The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) breaks away from the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) after an underway replenishment-at-sea in the Mediterranean Sea in this April 29, 2019 photo supplied by the U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/Handout via REUTERS
The US responds to a ‘credible threat’ by Iran in a statement from the White House.
The Trump administration’s deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in a response to Iran to Iran’s threat said acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.
