{"id":1976309,"date":"2023-07-18T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-orders-additional-deployment-of-jets-warships-to-the-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:50:47","slug":"u-s-orders-additional-deployment-of-jets-warships-to-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-orders-additional-deployment-of-jets-warships-to-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"More Jets, Warships Sent to Middle East by U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-orders-additional-deployment-of-jets-warships-to-the-middle-east%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd\u2064 Austin. (Photo by \u200bWin\u2062 McNamee\/Getty \u200cImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>   \u2062\u2064 <\/p>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s \u200dShawntel Smith-Hill<\/h2>\n<p>  \u2062  \u2063<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:43 \u2064AM\u2062 \u2013 \u200cTuesday,\u200b July 18, \u200c2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With\u2062 an \u200cincrease in\u2064 concerning\u200d Iranian\u200c activities, U.S. \u200bDefense Secretary Lloyd\u2064 Austin \u2062has ordered additional F-35 \u2064and \u2062F-16\u2064 fighter \u2063jets, \u200calong with the destroyer\u2062 USS \u2063Thomas Hudner, \u200bto the \u200dMiddle East \u2064in\u200b a bid to monitor\u2063 key\u200d waterways \u200bin \u200bthe \u200cregion\u2063 following \u200cIran\u2019s seizure \u200cand harassment \u2062of \u2064commercial\u200c shipping\u2062 vessels in\u200c recent \u200bmonths, according\u2064 to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<div \u200bid=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: \u200b320px;\u200b min-height: 50px; \u200d text-align:\u200c center;\">\u200d  \t<script>  \u2064\t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() \u2063{\u2063 googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1');\u2063 });  \t<\/script>  \u2063<\/div>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u200d \u200b \u200b  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn\u200b response \u2063to a\u2063 number\u2062 of \u200brecent alarming events in the Strait\u2062 of\u2063 Hormuz,\u2064 the Secretary \u200bof Defense \u2063has ordered\u2064 the deployment \u2063of the \u200bdestroyer \u200dUSS\u2062 Thomas\u2063 Hudner, \u200cF-35\u2064 fighters,\u2064 and\u2062 F-16 fighters \u200dto the \u2063US \u200dCentral\u200d Command\u2063 Area of Responsibility to defend\u200c US interests and\u200c safeguard \u200bfreedom \u2062of navigation \u200cin \u200cthe region,\u201d Pentagon\u2062 Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina \u2063Singh\u200c said \u200bon\u200b Monday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2062  \u200c <\/p>\n<p>In May,\u200d the White\u200d House announced that the\u2063 Biden administration had\u2062 plans to make moves \u200din the \u200cregion \u2064but \u2063did not\u2064 specify what they\u200d would include.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u200c\u200c  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>The deployment\u2063 orders \u2064come after two\u200b incidents earlier this \u2062month, \u200bin \u200dwhich\u200d the\u2064 U.S.\u2064 Navy said its intervention\u200c had prevented\u2064 Iran \u200cfrom \u200dillegally\u2063 seizing two\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-thwarts-irans-attempt-to-seize-oil-tankers-after-american-managed-ship-fired-upon\/\" title=\"US Navy stops Iran's oil tanker seizure after attack on American-managed ship.\">commercial tankers<\/a>\u2063 in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b   <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOne \u2062attempt\u200c included \u200dan Iranian navy \u2064ship firing upon the merchant vessel,\u201d Singh said. \u2062\u201cIn \u2063light\u2064 of\u200c this continued \u2063threat and \u200bin coordination with \u2063our\u200c partners \u2063and allies,\u2063 the \u2064department\u2063 is \u200dincreasing\u2062 our \u2063presence\u200b and\u2064 ability to \u2062monitor the \u2064strait and\u2062 surrounding \u2063waters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200c <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    \u2064<\/p>\n<p>There have been \u200ba \u2064series\u200d of strategic\u2064 attacks on \u200dshipping\u200d in\u2062 Gulf \u200dwaters \u2063during \u200ctimes of tension between\u200c the United\u2063 States and Iran. According to\u200b U.S. Central\u2063 Command, Iran has \u200dattacked or \u2064seized\u200d about 20 \u200dmerchant\u200b vessels\u2063 since 2021.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064\u200d \u2063  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe call \u200bupon \u200cIran to \u2062immediately cease\u200c these \u200cdestabilizing\u200c actions \u2063that threaten\u200c the free flow of \u2062commerce through this strategic\u200b waterway,\u2063 of \u200bwhich the \u2062world\u2064 depends \u200don \u2064for more than\u2062 1\/5\u2062 of the world\u2019s \u200doil\u200c supply,\u201d Singh\u2064 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2064  \u2063\u200b  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>About\u2062 a fifth of\u2062 the world\u2019s \u2063crude\u2062 oil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-orders-additional-deployment-of-jets-warships-to-the-middle-east\/\" title=\"More Jets, Warships Sent to Middle East by U.S.\">oil-based \u200cproducts pass<\/a>\u200d through the Strait of Hormuz, \u200dwhich \u200bis\u2064 said\u200c to\u200d be a\u200b choke point between\u200d Iran and \u200cOman.<\/p>\n<figure \u200cclass=\"wp-block-embed \u2063is-type-rich\u200c is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u200d <\/p>\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\"\u2063 data-category=\"marketing\" \u200ddata-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\"\u2062 class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element \u200btwitter-tweet\"\u2064 data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p\u2064 lang=\"en\" \u2062dir=\"ltr\">U.S. to \u200bsend \u200dF-16\u200c jets \u200cto \u2064the \u2063Gulf\u2062 region this weekend to augment the A-10\u2062 aircraft that have\u200c been patrolling there.The move \u200bcomes after\u200d Iran \u200btried \u200bto \u2063seize\u200c two oil\u2063 tankers near the strait last week, opening\u200d fire on\u200c one of\u2063 them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XLxVllwxRo\">pic.twitter.com\/XLxVllwxRo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mad Drax (@MadDraX97) \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadDraX97\/status\/1680353757194756096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u2062 15,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\"\u2062 data-service=\"twitter\"\u200c data-category=\"marketing\"\u200b async\u2063 data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u2063 charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> \u2063   <\/p>\n<p>Stay \u2064informed! Receive breaking news \u200dblasts \u2062directly \u200dto\u200d your inbox \u2064for free. Subscribe\u200b here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2063\u200d \t\t\t\u200b \t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u2063 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Steven\u200c Rogers, \u2064Retired\u200b New\u2063 Jersey Police Lieutenant<\/h3>\n<p> \u200d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Steven Rogers, Retired New \u200dJersey Police Lieutenant, joins\u2063 Monica Rodriguez to discuss \u2064the \u2063White \u200cHouse\u2063 cocaine scandal\u2026\u2063 apparently\u200c it \u200dwasn\u2019t the first drug\u200c found \u2062at \u200c1600 \u200cPennsylvania Avenue \u2062this \u200byear.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u2063 class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Colin\u200c Schmitt, Retired FBI\u2062 Agent<\/h3>\n<p>Colin Schmitt, Retired FBI Agent,\u2062 joins \u200dMonica Rodriguez to\u2063 discuss Christopher\u2063 Wray\u2019s testimony\u2064 before the \u200dHouse \u2062Judiciary Committee\u2062 and why the FBI is\u200c \u2018broken.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u200d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u200dclass=\"entry-content\"> \u2064 \u200d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Dan Geltrude, America\u2019s\u200b Account<\/h3>\n<p>\u2064 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Dan \u200dGeltrude, \u2064America\u2019s \u2063Account,\u2063 joins\u2063 Monica\u200d Rodriguez to discuss \u200dwhy Blackrock\u200b CEO Larry \u200cFink is\u200d suddenly \u200don \u2063the \u2063crypto \u2063train.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u2062 \u2063\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Andrea\u2062 Kaye, Radio Host<\/h3>\n<p>Andrea\u200c Kaye, \u2064Radio \u200cHost, \u200djoins Monica\u200c Rodriguez\u2064 to discuss\u200c \u2018Creepy\u200c Joe\u2019 \u200dnibbling on\u2063 a \u200cyoung girl\u200b in\u2062 Finland \u200band\u200d how Hollywood exploits children\u2063 for\u200d profit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u200c \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TOKYO\u200d (Reuters) \u2013 SoftBank\u2062 Group \u2063has invested $65\u2063 million\u2064 in British\u2062 company \u2063Tractable, \u200ban\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-fbi-agent-on-fbi-christopher-wray-hearing\/\" title=\"Ex-FBI Agent on Wray Hearing\">insurance technology company<\/a> \u200dthat\u2064 uses AI to \u2062assess\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>NEW DELHI\u2064 (Reuters) \u200b\u2013 \u200bWalt \u2063Disney \u2063has\u2063 approached \u200da\u2064 state\u2064 court\u2062 in India in\u2062 an ongoing legal\u2064 challenge \u2062against Google\u2019s \u200bin-app billing\u2026\u2063 <\/p>\n<p> \u2064\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u200b class=\"entry-content\"> \u2062 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>ISTANBUL (Reuters) \u2062\u2013\u2062 An\u2062 accord\u200d which\u2064 Saudi Arabia\u2062 signed to buy \u200bTurkish drones \u200centails cooperation\u2062 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-government-flags-more-than-500-scientists-in-u-s-that-might-be-compromised-by-communist-china\/\" title=\"U.S. Government Flags More Than 500 Scientists In U.S. That Might Be Compromised By Communist China\">technology transfer<\/a> and \u200bjoint\u200c production, \u2062the\u2026 <\/p>\n<p> \u200b\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u200bclass=\"entry-content\">\u2062 \u2063 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2062(Reuters) \u2013\u2064 The\u200b White\u2064 House on\u200d Tuesday along with\u2064 companies such \u200das Amazon.com\u200b Inc,\u2062 Alphabet\u2019s Google\u2064 and Best \u200bBuy will announce\u2026 \u2063<\/p>\n<p> \u200b\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to bolster security and deter potential threats. 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