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Ted King wrote:
How did Trump know that the Iranians were causing "provocations"? Could it be the US government's intelligence agencies? The same intelligence agencies he seems to be sure have it all wrong about Russia.
"Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency reportedly tipped off the United States on an impending Iranian attack on American interests in the Gulf, prompting Washington to deploy an aircraft carrier strike group to the region late Sunday, in a sharp escalation of US President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign."
https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-mos...ier-force/
which is, of course, not true if it was on its way already. It takes many, many months to put these deployments together. (This looks to me to be Israeli right wing newspaper fiction.)
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Now the tale is that they speeded up the deployment. So take your pick.
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Steve G. wrote:
Now the tale is that they speeded up the deployment. So take your pick.
Deployment was known to be April/May before the end of last year. I have a person in that carrier group 
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Pam wrote:
[quote=Steve G.]
Now the tale is that they speeded up the deployment. So take your pick.
Deployment was known to be April/May before the end of last year. I have a person in that carrier group e
Yes but it was speeded up.
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samintx wrote:
[quote=Pam]
[quote=Steve G.]
Now the tale is that they speeded up the deployment. So take your pick.
Deployment was known to be April/May before the end of last year. I have a person in that carrier group e
Yes but it was speeded up.
Scheduled deployment was/is being used for the latest reality tv show.
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Acer wrote:
Remember the Maine, hit by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the Gulf of Tonkin?
(tu)
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Trump saves aircraft carrier USS Truman
I threw in the link about the USS Truman that was commissioned in 1998 and was scheduled to be scrapped rather than refueled. The 20-story-tall carrier covers 4 1/2 acres. Almost 1,100 feet long, it is powered by two nuclear reactors and is capable of exceeding speeds of 30 knots using four bronze propellers.
Speeding up a deployment does not bring the existing group home any sooner. It is most likely a sign that your cruise has been extended. A double down so to speak.
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Bernie wrote:
...the USS Truman that was commissioned in 1998 and was scheduled to be scrapped rather than refueled.
The author, Makenna Baird, has a number of errors in the linked article; calling the carrier an "aircraft" and mischaracterizing the refitting and modernizing as a "refueling".
"Makenna Baird is a graduate from Calvin College with a Bachelor of Arts in Writing. In addition to her work writing for The Western Journal, she has experience editing newsletters, financial reports and advertisements. With a passion for storytelling, she is committed to truth, excellence and service to God in all of her works." :RollingEyesSmiley5:
One has to wonder how accurate the rest of the article is.
"The order called for the carrier to be disassembled, rather than repaired, despite the aircraft’s relatively newer model."
"...Moran said, adding that Truman’s refueling would open up more money for investments into the proper areas like the weapons."
The plot of Bernie's source - The Western Journal - thickens...
"Western Journalism features 'conservative, libertarian, free market and pro-family writers and broadcasters' and seeks to provide "God-honoring" content."
"Western Journalism was founded by political consultant Floyd Brown in 2008, who also founded the Political Action Committee Citizens United and served as executive director of the Young America's Foundation."
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That does it for me. I'm not reading another word she says.
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DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=Bernie]
...the USS Truman that was commissioned in 1998 and was scheduled to be scrapped rather than refueled.
The author, Makenna Baird, has a number of errors in the linked article; calling the carrier an "aircraft" and mischaracterizing the refitting and modernizing as a "refueling".
She might be able to comprehend as much as you do, but aircraft carrier midlife refueling is a complex, extensive and expensive procedure and because of all that, it is usually accompanied with refitting and modernizing.
As comprehension challenged she might be, and as much she might be a shining example of deplorable
journalistic standards of what passes for media today, it does not change the facts, DeusxMac, the carrier was "scheduled to be scrapped rather than refueled", refitted and modernized....
Earlier this year, the U.S. Navy proposed retiring the USS Truman 25 years early rather than pay for an expensive midlife refueling and overhaul. The retirement was allegedly part of a deal hashed out by former Secretary of Defense James Mattis, which agreed to a two-carrier purchase
https://www.popularmechanics.com/militar...an-retire/
Truman’s Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) procedure would have involved a one-time refueling of the ship’s two Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors and updating the rest of the ship with the latest technology. The RCOH was set to be expensive, costing $3.4 billion over five years. Down the road, the cost of operating the carrier over its remaining lifetime was estimated at $20 billion over 25 years.
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