US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America
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US to escalate military presence in South America
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is routing a carrier strike group to US Southern Command to bolster efforts in a new Caribbean drug war.
The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the waters off Latin America, dramatically increasing the number of service members and ships dedicated to countering narcotics traffickers.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up military pressure on Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking.
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid strikes in recent days against boats it accuses of carrying drugs.
The US Pentagon has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group to the Caribbean, saying it aims to counter drug cartels. But Venzuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says the US military buildup in the region is a war threat.
The USS Gerald R. Ford and its accompanying ships were previously off the coast of Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
Facing China's growing naval presence in the Pacific, the U.S.Navy has stationed some of its most capable ships across the region.
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