...r 1,100km away to the southwestern coast of Oman near Salalah, after Iran's IRGC claimed they “neutralised” the carrier and Iranian spokesperson Abolfazl Shekarchi declared it a “historic defeat” for Washington. CENTCOM denied the neutralisation claim, but the satellite images don't lie, the carrier MOVED, and it moved far. USS Gerald Ford meanwhile had a fire break out on board on March 12 and has now repositioned further south in the Red Sea off Jeddah, staying well outside Houthi missil...
...e range. USS Gerald Ford is now heading toward an 11-month deployment, which would BREAK the post-Vietnam War record for carrier deployments.