-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,
(article from : Egypt defense portal ) page on facebook