Aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt Expected to Arrive in the Middle East

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The American aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is expected to arrive in the Middle East tomorrow and join two aircraft carriers already operating under US Central Command. If this happens, it will be the first time three American aircraft carriers are stationed in the region at the same time.

The carriers already in the area are the George Washington and the George Bush. This would bring the number of carriers in the Middle East to three, as at the peak of the campaign against Iran.

The Theodore Roosevelt strike group includes more than 5,000 military personnel, and a landing group with thousands of Marines has also deployed to the region. A US military official told the New York Times yesterday that the carrier is expected to join within a day.