U.S. Deploys Two Aircraft Carriers To Mediterranean To “Send A Clear Message To Russia”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jun 9, 2016
The USS Harry Truman which has served as a launching point for a near-constant barrage of airstrikes on Islamic State targets, made an unplanned diversion from the Gulf to the eastern Mediterranean last week: a quick pivot intended to send a clear message to Russia. A military official in Washington said the Truman’s shift was a signal to Moscow: “It provides some needed presence in the Med to check…the Russians,” the official said. “The unpredictability of what we did with Truman kind of makes them think twice.”
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