Thursday, June 20, 2019

-Part 2- What is the size and nature of the US military equipment deployed in the Arabian Gulf?

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The main forces and combat platforms announced by the US administration are sent to the Gulf region to respond to what it called "Iranian threats to American interests in the region" as follows:

First Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier Strike Group ABECSG (Navy Tracing) consists of:

* The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, the Nimitz Class, is a 105,000-tonne nuclear powered supercharger capable of carrying up to 90 different aircraft (fighter-electronic warfare, early warning and airborne control, ).

* The Carrier Strike Group CSG-12 is composed of:

1) The Guided Missile Cruiser (USS Leyte Gulf) is a 9800-ton cruiser from the Ticonderoga Triconderoga cruiser.

2) Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 includes:

- Guided Missile Destroyer "USS Bainbridge" of the Arleigh Burke destroyers, which has a maximum displacement of 9200 tons.

- Missile missile "Mason USS Mason" Arle Berk class.

- USS Nitze guided missile destroyer from the Arle Berk class.

3) The Guided Missile Frigate Spanish heavy-duty ESPS Mendez Nuñez, a highly successful Alvaro de Bazán frigate, with a maximum displacement of 5,800 tons.

Second Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group consists of:

Amphibious Assault Ship "USS Kearsarge" of the "Wasp-Class" aircraft carrying helicopters and combat aircraft with short-launch capability and vertical landing (attack aircraft and support Harriere AV-8B Harrier II or F-35B other than naval attack helicopters Viper AH Viper, MV-22B, and Super-Stallion (CH-53E Super Stallion). It also carries the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, with a maximum clearance of 41,000 tons.

Amphibious Transport Dock "Arlington" USS Arlington "San Antonio-Class" and can carry up to 800 fighters + 14 armored amphibious landing craft, other than the Amphibious Humphreight landing gear, with a maximum displacement of 25 thousand tons.

* The Landing Dock Ship, "Fort McHenry" of the "Whidbey Island" category, and nine of the 504 Marines, as well as the ability to carry 5 modes of Huffcraft Amphibious Amphibious Assault Vehicle AVV .

Third Weapons and Equipment Air Force:

1) Heavy Strategic Bomber Bombers B-52H Stratofortress has been stationed at Qatar Air Base with 4 launchers and is capable of carrying 31.5 tons of bombs in various weights and types including the Paveway laser-guided family or Direct Direct Attack Munitions JDAM Which is aimed at GPS systems, tactical nuclear bombs and long-range ghost rockets.

2) The Air Force Fighter F-15C Eagle arrived in the Gulf from the Lakenheath air base in Britain, each armed with six AIM-120C AMRAAM air-to-air combat missiles and two air-to-air missiles Proximity and combat model "Sidewinder AIM-9X Sidewinder" guided by the pilot helmet sensors as soon as the target is seen.

3) F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are based at Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE with 4 fighter jets since mid-April.

Fourth The US military announced that it had sent a Patriot PAC-3 battery to air, anti-aircraft and ballistic missiles to the Gulf region. The US Army has also completed the deployment and integration of a THAAD battery for defense against ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere in the Negev desert in the occupied territories in the period March - April 2019. It was merged with its Israeli counterpart Arrow, American crews.

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* Attached pictures to identify the most important weapons mentioned in the publication ,,









A comprehensive study is under way on the scenarios of the possible American-Iranian military confrontation in all its military, political and economic dimensions and will be published soon,
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

USA / IRAN crisis -part 1-

Before we start talking about the issue between Iran and US we need to know how much naval power the US has and how they are separated ;
The United States has 7 naval fleets and 10 unified combat commands worldwide,

First Fleets are as follows:

1- Fleet II, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. He was suspended in 2011, then re-activated to be responsible for patrol and operations in the North Atlantic and the eastern coast of the United States, in light of the recent developments between Russia and NATO in recent years.

2. The 3rd Fleet, headquartered in San Diego, California, is responsible for the eastern and northern Pacific and the US West Coast to Alaska in the north.

3rd Fleet, headquartered in Mayport, Florida, with responsibility for the southern Atlantic, the Caribbean and all of Central America and South America.

4- Fifth Fleet, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain. Its responsibility includes the Arabian Gulf, parts of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea.

5. The 6th Fleet, based in Naples, Italy, with responsibility for the Mediterranean, Europe and Africa.

The 7th Fleet is based in Yokosuka, Japan, and includes the West and North Pacific, the Indian Ocean, South and South East and East Asia (the Indo-Pacific region).

The 10th Fleet, based in Fort Meade, Marlyland, is not a naval fleet in the literal sense; it is the power provider of the US Navy Fleet Command. Fleet Cyber ​​Command, which is responsible for the Navy's cyber warfare program, coordinates with the rest of the Navy, Coalition Forces and Joint Task Forces to carry out all information, cyber and e-war missions, intelligence capabilities and tasks across electronic, electromagnetic and space domains. The 10th Fleet and the Marine Command of the Navy Fleets are one of two operational components of the US Information Warfare Corps. Navy Information Corps, where the second component is called the US Naval Information Forces.

* Fleets: I, VIII, IX, XI, and XII are all not in service.

Second Unified Combatant Command (UCC) The Pentagon follows the Pentagon and is created to provide an effective command and control capability for US forces, whatever their competence in peace and war, organized either on a geographical basis (also known as the Area of ​​Responsibility AOR) Or functional, such as Special Operations, Power Projection, or Transport. Each command has its own logo to define its jurisdiction and areas of operation.

Each command is headed by a Combatant Commander, symbolized by the CCDR, a four-star general or Admiral, a rank in the US Army that is the same rank as the Egyptian army's top brass. Each commander commands his orders according to the chain of command of the US President, through the Minister of Defense.

The unified leaders are divided into 10:

1. Northern Command, USNORTHCOM, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, and responsible for US military activities in the United States, Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas, From US territory against any potential invasion.

2. Southern Command, USSOUTHCOM, headquartered in Doral, Florida, is responsible for the activities and missions of the US military in Central America, South America and the Caribbean, as well as for the defense of the Panama Canal and the surrounding area .

3. The European Command is a USEUCOM, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, responsible for the activities and operations of the US military in Europe, Russia, Greenland and Israel. Its commander is also serving as Allied Command Operations, responsible for the operations of NATO forces worldwide, and the title of "Supreme Allied Commander Europe SACEUR". The Incirlik air base in Turkey is one of the most important bases used by the NATO and US forces of the European Command, which was the headquarters of the forces participating in the Gulf War in 1991, and the Northern Northern Command Operation Northern Air Force, January 1997 - March 2003 ".

The United States Central Command is a USCENTCOM headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and is responsible for the activities and operations of the US military in the Middle East and Central Asia, and military relations with all countries in the region, including Egypt , The only African country that falls under the jurisdiction of the Central Command, while Israel follows the European leadership. The Central Command is located at the Al-Aideed base in Qatar. It also uses other rules in Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

5 - African Command United States Africa Command and symbolized by USAFRICOM, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, which is responsible for the activities and operations of the US Army in Africa and US military relations with all African countries, except Egypt, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Central Command. African leadership has an advanced base in the Horn of Africa called "Camp Lemonnier" in the State of Djibouti, the headquarters of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the African Command.

6. Indo-Pacific Command, United States Indo-Pacific Command, headquartered in Hawaii, is the largest and largest command center in the United States. Its area of ​​responsibility lies in the Pacific and Indian Pacific, from the West Coast to the West Indian Coast, The North Pole and even the Antarctic region, on an area of ​​260 million km² equivalent to 52% of the globe. It is supported by service components, and unified command structures, such as the US Army Command in the Pacific Ocean. Army Pacific, US Pacific Fleet. Pacific Fleet, US Pacific Air Forces Pacific Air Forces, US Pacific Marine Corps. Marine Forces Pacific, US Forces in Japan Forces Japan, US Forces in South Korea Forces Korea, Special Operations Command Korea, and Special Operations Command Pacific.

7. Cyber ​​Command, USCYBERCOM, headquartered at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, is responsible for planning, coordinating, integrating, synchronizing, managing operations and defending the Department of Defense's information networks, The implementation of a full range of military operations in cyberspace, to allow the implementation of various actions on all ranges, to ensure freedom of action for US forces and allied forces in cyberspace, and to deprive enemies of carrying out the above tasks.

8. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), headquartered in MacDill, Tampa, Florida, and is responsible for overseeing all operations commands of the Army, Aviation, Navy, and Marine Corps in the US Armed Forces.

9 - Strategic Command United States Strategic Command, symbolized by USSTRATCOM, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, USA, responsible for Strategic Deterrence, and Global Strike strikes against any target worldwide using ballistic missiles (Using conventional or nuclear warheads), and the operation of the Global Information Grid Gig (GIS), a network of information capabilities to collect, process, store, deploy and manage information, at the request of combat units, Political R, and support staff. It is also equipped to support other combat leaders, including Strategic Alert, Integrated Missile Defense (Ballistic Missile Defense System), Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Survey, and Global Command, Command, Control, Communications, Computers , Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance C4ISR.

10. The United States Transportation Command, symbolized by USTRANSCOM, is headquartered in Scott, Illinois, and is responsible for the military, military, and naval transport capabilities of the US military worldwide. It has a full fleet of tactical and strategic military transport aircraft, air refueling aircraft, government and commercial transport vessels, logistics vessels, train and container vehicles with 1,350 vehicles and 10,000 containers.
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