U.S. bolsters Middle East firepower

The United States is sending more ships and aircraft to the region to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies


LATEST U.S. DEPLOYMENTS

USS Abraham Lincoln: Aircraft carrier sent from Pacific with F-35C fighter jets and escorting ships

USS Georgia: Nuclear submarine can carry over 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles


U.S. MILITARY FORCES IN MIDDLE EAST

U.S. base in operation for at least 15 years 
Other site with U.S. military presence
U.S. naval deployment (approximate location) 
Countries or territories where Iran-backed militias are active

GREECE
Wasp ARG*
Mediterranean Sea
TÜRKIYE 
CYPRUS
LEBANON 
ISRAEL
SYRIA
IRAQ 
JORDAN
KUWAIT 
SAUDI ARABIA
QATAR 
UAE 
OMAN
YEMEN
Palestinian Territories
EGYPT 
SUDAN
Red Sea

Destroyers countering threats from Yemen’s Houthi rebels

ERITREA
DJIBOUTI 
ETHIOPIA
Gulf of Aden
SOMALIA
IRAN 
BAHRAIN
TheGulf
Gulf of Oman

USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group

INDIAN OCEAN
300km 185 miles


*Amphibious ready group


Sources: AP, Council on Foreign Relations
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