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2026-02-12 Home Front: WoT

US prepping to send 2nd carrier strike group to Mideast — Wall Street Journal

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-12 2026-02-12 03:29|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1801 views ] Top
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1 Given, everything we are sending halfway around the world & elsewhere.

Do we have enough still to properly cover us here?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-02-12 04:53|| 2026-02-12 04:53|| Front Page Top

2 ^ Yes and fairly easily. It's nice having several thousand miles of ocean between us and any country with a significant navy or air force.

Russia and China are the only two countries that MIGHT be able to stage an air attack on us and there is no navy that can.

Posted by Chantry 2026-02-12 08:33|| 2026-02-12 08:33|| Front Page Top

3 Maybe thinning the float is a good thing.

US Navy destroyer, supply ship collide in Caribbean, injuring 2 sailors

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-12 09:06|| 2026-02-12 09:06|| Front Page Top

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