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US warships dispatched to Mideast hold drills amid Resistance warnings

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 3 Nov 2023 23:41
3 Min Read

The US strike groups have trained on intercepting ballistic missiles and other aerial projectiles.

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  • US warships in Mediterranean conduct joint drills amid heating region
    Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, on July 2, 2013 (AFP)

Two US aircraft carrier strike groups, recently deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean, carried out a joint exercise simulating the possibility of being targeted by ballistic missiles and other aerial projectiles. 

The naval war fleets were commissioned to the region by Washington to assist "Israel" after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7 left the occupation entity in a weakened state.

Read more: Second US carrier to arrive in Mediterranean in two weeks

This exercise comes as the war on Gaza saw Israelis committing some 1,000 massacres so far, with the number of Palestinians killed so far exceeding 9,000 martyrs, the majority of whom are children and women.

A total of 11,000 US military personnel participated in the drill, while the Italian warships Fasan and Margottini, also recently dispatched by Italy to the region following the start of the battle, joined the two carrier strike groups to exercise NATO alliance integration.

It's highly likely that these are the positions of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS Gerald R. Ford on Nov 03 while conducting dual carrier operations in the eastern Mediterranean. pic.twitter.com/W8ctzvMqZQ

— Duan Dang (@duandang) November 3, 2023

“The ships and aircraft of two US Navy aircraft carrier strike groups conducted joint exercises over the last three days,” the US Sixth Fleet said on Friday.

“Sailors and naval aviators from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Carrier Strike Group (CSG 12) and those of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group (CSG 2) trained on high-value unit defense, ballistic missile defense, replenishments-at-sea, cross-deck flight operations, and maritime security operations."

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Israeli massacres in the blockaded Strip and the fierce confrontations with the Palestinian Resistance have increased tension in the region. This has led the Resistance Axis to directly join the battle, including Yemen's Sanaa, which has announced several operations using ballistic missiles and drones to target sites inside the Israeli occupation entity.

Other members of the Axis also vowed they would not leave besieged Gaza alone amid the ongoing brutal aggression. The situation has further escalated amid a persistent position by Washington to prevent a comprehensive ceasefire in the Strip.

Read more: Gaza Resists Israeli invasion for 5th day dealing heavy casualties

Hezbollah has plans for US warships

Recent media reports, most of which from Western outlets, suggested that Hezbollah was warned by foreign powers, especially Americans, against joining the battle.

In a speech earlier today, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah affirmed that the Resistance in Lebanon already joined in the battle on October 8, just one day after the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7.

Commenting on the media reports, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah confirmed that Hezbollah received threats and messages warning the Resistance from engaging in the confrontations, but he stressed that these warnings were worthless for the party, which will never change its position.

"From day one, we were warned that if we opened a front in the south, American planes and warships would target us. However, this threat has never altered our stance," he stressed.

In this context, he addressed the Americans directly with a defiant message, "Your fleets do not scare us, nor have they ever, and we are all set for them." 

A message to the #US fleets in the Mediterranean waters deployed to threaten and destabilize the region by yours truly, #Hezbollah SG Sayyed Hassan #Nasrallah. pic.twitter.com/qRBpKxuVPS

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 3, 2023

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