The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which had been operating in the South China Sea, is now heading west to the Arabian Sea to join the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group already stationed there.
According to U.S. defense officials, the sudden deployment was not originally planned and is a strategic shift amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran.
The Nimitz, the oldest active aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy, had been scheduled to relieve the Carl Vinson, but is now arriving early. Both carriers will operate in the region at the same time.
This may be the final voyage for the Nimitz, which is set to be decommissioned in 2026. The carrier was also deployed during the 1980 Operation Eagle Claw mission in Iran, which aimed to rescue U.S. hostages.
According to tracking data and reports from Marine Traffic, USS Nimitz left the South China Sea on Monday and
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