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US to deploy guided missile submarine to Mideast, hasten strike group’s arrival
The guided-missile submarine USS Georgia transits the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, December 21, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort/US Navy via AP)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region, the Pentagon says, taking the rare step of announcing the movements of a submarine.
In a statement, the Pentagon adds that Austin has also ordered the Abraham Lincoln strike group to accelerate its deployment to the region.
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