Well, it seems there was a change in plans, perhaps the Mediterranean was too crowded. Probably good news, perhaps to warn Iran who is behind all of this, but it's 900-plus miles from Israel. Not to mention within range of Iran's countermeasures.
It sounds like an escalation if only a measured one, no wonder the sailors got a steak and lobster dinner last night, this will be an extended deployment in wht looks like in harm's way
As somebody mentioned on Twitter ... well there's a great big floating target
Thoughts?