Super Hornet flies over the super aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford
The imminent arrival in the Caribbean of the USS Gerald Ford supercarrier Strike Group, which was stationed in Europe, signals that US operations in the Western Hemisphere have entered a new phase. “The USA is manufacturing a war,” says Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The U.S. Navy supercarrier Strike Group USS Gerald R. Ford who was stationed in Europe, received orders to head towards Latin American waters.
This is a unexpected mobilization and especially significant increase in US forces in the Western Hemisphere, at a time when there is an escalation in US operations to combat drug trafficking in the Caribbean, says the .
Attacks against vessels allegedly involved in drug smuggling have become routine, and the possibility of the campaign extending to targets on land, particularly in Venezuelacontinues to increase.
In recent weeks, U.S. forces destroyed several vessels off the Venezuelan coast, allegedly for its role in drug trafficking to the US. At least 43 people were killed in these attacks.
According to the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurothe US is fighting a forge a war against yourself. In a speech broadcast to the country on Friday night, Maduro accused the Trump administration of “fabricating a new eternal war“.
“They promised that they would never get involved in a war again and they are manufacturing a war that we will avoid,” said Maduro, quoted by . “They are manufacturing a extravagant, vulgar, criminal and completely false narrative“, added Maduro. “Venezuela is a country that does not produce cocaine leaves“.
The mobilization of the USS Gerald Ford Strike Group, which is currently on a scheduled mission in the Mediterranean Sea, to the Caribbean, was announced by Sean Parnellthe Pentagon’s top spokesman, in a no X.
“In support of President Trump’s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations and combat narcoterrorism in defense of the Homelandthe Secretary of War ordered the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked air wing to move to the carrier’s area of responsibility. US Southern Command“, stated Parnell.
O USS Gerald Ford, o Navy’s newest aircraft carriercarries a complete air unit (around 90 aircraft), which includes F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters, EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, E-2D Hawkeye early warning and airborne control aircraft, C-2A Greyhound logistics transport aircraft and MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters.
The rest of your strike group includes four destroyers da classe Arleigh Burke (USS Winston S. Churchill, USS Bainbridge, USS Mahan e USS Forrest Sherman) e provavelmente at least one attack submarine.
It is likely that the superaircraft carrier take at least a week crossing the Mediterranean and then the Atlantic Ocean. It is yet to be determined where exactly, in the US Southern Command region, the aircraft carrier and elements of its strike group will be positioned.
Os US Navy aircraft carrier strike groups are the most powerful means of projecting power of the U.S. military, offering a significant capability to exercise control over the surrounding sea and airspace, as well as for launch attacks against targets in water and on land hundreds of kilometers away in any direction.
They also provide huge floating bases that can be used in other ways, including as launch points for major missions of special operations forces.
The imminent arrival of the USS Gerald Ford can only signal a substantial new escalation in US operations in the regionsays The War Zone.
