影音先锋下载 AP Top News｜赫格赛特加强了中东地区战船的部署，并将有2艘航空母舰在该地区
WASHINGTON (AP) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ， in a rare move， is beefing up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East， ordering two aircraft carriers to be there next month as the U.S. increases strikes on the Yemen-based Houthi rebels 影音先锋下载， according to a U.S. official.
It will be the second time in six months that the U.S. has kept two carrier strike groups in that region， with generally only one there. Prior to that it had been years since the U.S. had committed that much warship power to the Middle East.
According to the official， Hegseth signed orders on Thursday to keep the USS Harry S. Truman in the Middle East for at least an additional month. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing military operations.
The ship has been conducting operations in the Red Sea against the Houthis and was scheduled to begin heading home to Norfolk， Virginia， at the end of March.
And Hegseth has ordered the USS Carl Vinson， which has been operating in the Pacific， to begin steaming toward the Middle East， which will extend its scheduled deployment by three months.
The Vinson is expected to arrive in the region early next month. It had been conducting exercises with Japanese and South Korean forces near the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan and was slated to head home to port in San Diego in three weeks.
The presence of so much U.S. naval power in the region not only gives commanders additional ships to patrol and launch strikes， but it also serves as a clear message of deterrence to Iran， the Houthis main benefactor.
The Houthis have been waging persistent attacks against commercial and military ships in the region. The Houthi rebels attacked more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones， sinking two vessels and killing four sailors， from November 2023 until January this year. Their leadership described the attacks as aiming to end the Israeli war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Hegseths move shifts the Vinson and its warships away from the Indo-Pacific region影音先锋下载， which the Trump administration has touted as its main focus.
Instead， this bolsters the latest U.S. campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis. U.S. ships and aircraft launched a new intensive assault against the militant group， including a barrage of attacks over the weekend that continued into this week.
President Donald Trump， in a marked departure from the previous administration， lowered the authorities needed for launching offensive strikes against the Yemen-based Houthis. He recently gave U.S. Central Command the ability to take action when it deems appropriate.
President Joe Bidens administration had required White House approval to conduct offensive strikes such as the ones over the weekend. It did allow U.S. forces to launch defensive attacks whenever necessary， including the authority to take out weapons that appeared to be ready to fire.
Biden went to two carriers in the region for several weeks last fall. Then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had ordered the Roosevelt to extend its deployment for a short time and remain in the region as the USS Abraham Lincoln was pushed to get to the area more quickly. The Biden administration beefed up the U.S. military presence there to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and to safeguard U.S. troops.
据好意思国官员表示，国防部长彼得·海格斯（Pete Hegseth）荒僻地加强了中东地区舟师战船的存在，高歌下个月将有两艘航空母舰抵达该地区，以应酬好意思国对也门境内胡塞武装分子的打击算作。
这将是六个月内好意思国第二次在该地区同期部署两个航母打击群，而频频情况下只部署一个。在此之前，好意思国已荒谬年未将如斯多的战船力量派往中东地区。
迪丽热巴换脸据该官员表示，Hegseth于周四签署高歌，将“哈里·S·杜鲁门”号（USS Harry S. Truman）留在中东地区至少一个月。该官员在继续正在进行的军事算作时，为保护其匿名性而未表示身份。
该船一直在红海对胡塞武装开展算作，原定于3月底启动复返位于弗吉尼亚州诺福克的家乡。
赫哲斯一经高歌正在太平洋地区试验任务的“卡尔·文森”号航空母舰启动驶向中东，这将使其原定的部署技艺延迟三个月。
瞻望“文森”号将于下个月初抵达该地区。此前，它曾与日本和韩国队伍在黄海和日本海隔邻进行纠合演习，并计较在三周后复返圣地亚哥港。
好意思国在地区内的雄伟舟师力量不仅为设备官们提供了荒谬的舰艇进行寻查和发动伏击，况且还向胡塞武装的主要资助者伊朗发出了明确的威慑信息。
胡塞武装自2023年11月至本年1月，握续对地区内的商船和战船发动伏击。胡塞武装使用导弹和无东说念主机伏击了当先100艘商船，变成两艘船只千里没，四东说念主遭难。其率领层称，这些伏击旨在截至以色列对加沙地带哈马斯的战争。
赫吉塞特（Hegseth）的算作将“文森号”（Vinson）过甚战船调离印度洋-太平洋地区，而该地区恰是特朗普政府所重心强调的主要存眷区域。
相悖，这一举动增强了好意思国针对伊朗扶植的胡塞武装分子的最新算作。好意思国战船和飞机对这一武装组织发动了新的密集伏击，包括在周末进行的一系列袭击，一直握续到本周。
现任总统唐纳德·特朗普与前政府赫然不同，他缩短了对向也门胡塞武装发动袭击所需的授权。最近，他授权好意思国中央司令部在以为适当的时候接纳算作。
乔·拜登总统的政府条目白宫批准进行像周末那样的袭击性打击算作。同期，政府也允许好意思国队伍在必要时进行属目性袭击，包括有权摧残那些看似准备开火的火器。
拜登旧年秋天拜访了该地区两艘航空母舰影音先锋下载，那时国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀下令罗斯福号片晌延迟部署技艺，并留在该地区，以便亚伯拉罕·林肯号能更快地抵达该地区。拜登政府加强了好意思国在该地区的军事存在，以协助属目以色列可能碰到的伊朗过甚代理东说念主的伏击，并保护好意思国队伍的安全。