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US Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Enters Caribbean Sea Amid Tensions
US Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Enters Caribbean Sea Amid Tensions
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The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier's strike group arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday amid rising tensions with Venezuela, the US Navy said.
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"The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), transited the Anegada Passage and entered the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 16," the Navy said in a statement.On Thursday, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to remove "narco-terrorists" and secure the United States mainland from the flow of narcotics.The operation will field a mix of robotic air and sea vessels, as well as autonomous systems that will support both the detection and the monitoring of illicit drug trafficking, the report said on Thursday, citing the 4th Fleet’s Hybrid Fleet Director Commander Foster Edwards.Among the sea assets to be deployed are long-dwell robotic surface vessels that will conduct oceanic patrolling and small robotic interceptors boats with "high-speed" maneuver capacity. Air assets will include vertical take-off and landing robotic aircraft tasked with aerial surveillance, the report said.The operation's announcement comes days after the the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford arrived in the SOUHTCOM's area of responsibility amid a growing US military buildup in the region and a strike campaign targeting alleged drug trafficking vessels.In response, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez announced that the country has mobilized around 200,000 troops, aircraft, and naval assets in a defensive exercise dubbed "Plan Independencia 200."
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US Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Enters Caribbean Sea Amid Tensions
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier's strike group arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday amid rising tensions with Venezuela, the US Navy said.
"The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), transited the Anegada Passage and entered the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 16," the Navy said in a statement.
On Thursday, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to remove "narco-terrorists" and secure the United States mainland from the flow of narcotics.
The operation will field a mix of robotic air and sea vessels, as well as autonomous systems that will support both the detection and the monitoring of illicit drug trafficking, the report said on Thursday, citing the 4th Fleet’s Hybrid Fleet Director Commander Foster Edwards.
Among the sea assets to be deployed are long-dwell robotic surface vessels that will conduct oceanic patrolling and small robotic interceptors boats with "high-speed" maneuver capacity. Air assets will include vertical take-off and landing robotic aircraft tasked with aerial surveillance, the report said.
The operation's announcement comes days after the the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford arrived in the SOUHTCOM's area of responsibility amid a growing US military buildup in the region and a strike campaign targeting alleged drug trafficking vessels.
In response, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez announced that the country has mobilized around 200,000 troops, aircraft, and naval assets in a defensive exercise dubbed "Plan Independencia 200."
