AMERICA is sending the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier to the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates. The hulking $4.5billion nuclear-powered supercarrier, nicknamed Old Salt,

Despite increasingly heated rhetoric on Iran coming from President Donald Trump on Tuesday, U.S. officials said the Pentagon had not made any new, major force posture changes in the Middle East in the past 24 hours.

As of Monday, however, Trump has adopted a notably more ominous tone. Shortly before his abrupt exit from the G7 meeting being held in Canada, he called on residents of Tehran, home to nearly 10 million people, to immediately evacuate, and later met with top national security officials at the White House Situation Room.

Leading up to Father’s Day, this father-daughter duo got the rare chance to serve together aboard the USS Nimitz Aircraft carrier.

As Israel and Iran exchange attacks, the United States is moving military assets into the Middle East in case it should take an active role in the combat. On Monday, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left the South China Sea,

Insurers are bracing for heightened volatility in the Middle East following the abrupt redeployment of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier away from the South China Sea and towards the Gulf region, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran.

The Pentagon is routing another aircraft carrier to the region and sending additional aircraft to Europe as the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates.