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The world’s largest aircraft carrier is deployed to the region in an escalating military conflict against drug traffickers
The dispatch of the warships marks the biggest escalation in US’s largest naval build-up in the region for years
The Pentagon is sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, and its carrier air wing to the Caribbean as the Trump administration conducts strikes against boats it says are smuggling illegal drugs in the region.
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US sending aircraft carrier towards Caribbean as Trump increases pressure campaign on Venezuela
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the region.
The deployment comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a 10th strike against a suspected drug smuggling vessel.
The deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford marks a major escalation in what the US says is a campaign to target drug traffickers.
Experts call it "21st-century gunboat diplomacy" as U.S. positions strike-capable forces in Caribbean amid tensions with Maduro regime and cartels.