The United States is maneuvering its military assets, including naval assets, in anticipation of an Iranian retaliation against Israel for its unprecedented strike against Iran.

U.S. officials told multiple outlets that the Navy directed the USS Thomas Hudner, a destroyer capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, from the western Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it will join the USS Arleigh Burke. A second destroyer was also ordered to change course to be available if requested.