The Pentagon announced the deployment of the “USS Gerald Ford” as a form of military escalation of Donald Trump’s administration
In an escalation that only seems to increase, the US confirmed this Friday through the official Pentagon account that “the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group,” which includes the world’s largest aircraft carrierwill address “to the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR)“that is, hto the Caribbean coasts bordering Venezuela.
The Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell added that “The increased presence of US forces in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will strengthen the United States’ ability to detect, monitor and disrupt illicit actors and activities.” that compromise the security and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere“, in a statement uploaded to his X account.
The enormous US deployment in the southern Caribbean and the characteristics of the USS Ford
Since the escalation of tensions with Venezuela and now also with Colombia began, more than 6,000 sailors and marines on eight warships in the southern Caribbean. If the entire USS Ford strike group arrives, that could bring about 4,500 more sailorsas well as the nine aircraft squadrons assigned to the ship.
Currently, the USS Ford is in the Mediterranean Sea, in port in Croatia. The massive vessel weighs more than 100,000 tons, and was designed to launch and recover aircraft more frequently and support joint operations with its thousands of sailors on board.
The largest aircraft carrier in the world, began service in 2017 and has the capacity to house 75 military aircraft, including the F-18 Super Hornet and the E-2 Hawkeye, which can act as an early warning system. As if that were not enough, the USS Ford has a nuclear reactor inside. He US military arsenal has 11 aircraft carriers, Therefore, they are a scarce resource, although their calendars are usually set well in advance, which makes the exceptional situation on the northern coasts of Venezuela even more notable.
Source: Ambito
