The September deployments came after Gulf leaders urged Trump not to strike Iranian energy infrastructure, fearing retaliation against their own facilities. Trump said on Thursday he was considering renewing a bombing campaign within weeks.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt left San Diego on Sunday, followed a day later by more than 2,000 Marines aboard the Makin Island. By the end of November, three carriers and two amphibious groups will be in position near Iran, joining roughly 50,000 US troops already in the region.
The Revolutionary Guards called the $2.5m Anduril submersible a 'prize of war'. The Pentagon said the vehicle had malfunctioned and carried no classified equipment.
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