The Uss Nimitz aircraft career and its accompanying warships Entered the Caribbean sea Wednesday as part of on apparent effort by the Trump administration to apply pressure cube from all directions.
Welcome to the Caribbean Nimitz Carrier Strike Group US Southern Command Posted on x.
The strike group including the Nimitz aircraft carrier its air wing F/A-18 super hornets EA-18G growlers E-2D Hawkeyes C-2A Greyhounds and MH-60R/S sea Hawks the uss gridley destroyer and the usns patuxent replenishment oiler.
Us Southern Command Touted the Nimitz Carrier Strike group as the epitome of readingss and presence unmatched reach and lethality and strategic advantage.
USS Nimitz has proven its combat prowess across the globe ensuing stability and defending democracy from the Taiwan strait to the arabian gulf us Southern Command Added.
The arrival of the Nimitz Carrier Strike group comes on the same day the justice department unsealed a criminal indictment against former Cuban president raul castro and secretay of state Marco rubio deliveryed a Spanish language message to the Cuban people offering them a new relationship with the US.
The strike group’s arrived also comes a week after CIA Director john ratcliffe traveled to the communist island to meet with top cuban officials.
The Trump administration plans to keep the carrier strike group in the region for at least a few days as a show of force and not for major military operations a us official.
The USS lwo jima amphibious assault ship 🛳️ the USS fort Lauderdale amphibious transport ship 🚢 the USS lake erie guided missile cruiser and the USS billings littoral combat ship have also been oprating in the Caribbean sea in recent days according to the us naval institute’s fleet tracker.
Cuba in on our mind president Trump told reporters Wednesday after castro was hit with murder and other charges stemming form the deadly 1996 Shootdowns of two civilian planes over international waters.
its very important Trump said of the indictment it was a very big moment for people not only cuban Americans but people who came from cuba that want to go back to cuba see their family in coba.
The president insisted that there will not be escalation in cuba.
I don’t think there needs to be trump said look the place is falling apart its a mess.