As Nancy Youssef and Gordon Lubold reported on Monday, the U.S. has had no carrier strike group in the Persian Gulf since March. That the Navy has had no keystone presence in the Gulf even as U.S.-Iran tensions rise has some concerned.
But here’s the thing: The U.S. no longer needs a carrier in the Persian Gulf to constrain and counter Iran.
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