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A US Armada Is Growing Off Israel's Shore. What's Next?
A group of ships is steaming toward the eastern Mediterranean to join a carrier battle group.
USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest warship in the world, has already arrived near Israel
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Days after the arrival of a US armada off the coast of Israel, another three warships and a contingent of marines set off urgently in the same direction from Kuwait on Thursday and could be there by the middle of next week.
As there’s already a massive concentration of firepower in place, centered around the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, the additional forces raise questions about what capabilities will be available and how they could be used in the Gaza war.