The U.S. is sending a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and speeding the arrival of an aircraft carrier strike group.
The Pentagon has ordered the dispatch of the USS Georgia guided-missile submarine.
Commanders also ordering the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to accelerate its transit.
The orders, and the rare step to publicly announce the deployment of a submarine, came as Austin reaffirmed Washington’s “commitment to take every possible step to defend” its ally. #featured #trending
