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| U.S. has ordered the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to deploy to SOUTHCOM’s area of responsibility | ||
| 2025-10-25 | ||
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump has ordered the world's largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation in his war on narco-terrorists from Venezuela. The USS Gerald R. Ford is joining the deployment of US Southern Command, Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on Friday. The $20 billion, 1,090-ft vessel — which can carry more than 75 warplanes — moves as part of a carrier strike group that includes a cruiser, three destroyers and nine aircraft squadrons. It 'will enhance and augment existing capabilities to disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle' the cartels, Parnell said in a statement. The 100,000-ton warship joins the largest American force deployed to the Caribbean since the Cold War, including nuclear submarines, F-35 fighter jets, MQ-9 Reaper drones, P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance planes, and B-52 bombers. The extraordinary deployment comes after Trump's declaration that America is now in a 'state of armed conflict' with cartel forces, giving his commanders sweeping latitude to hunt traffickers beyond US waters. The Pentagon has established a new joint task force under US Southern Command, despite Democratic lawmakers warning the president is going rogue and drifting towards a secretive conflict on foreign soil. | ||
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