[[File:Screenshot 11-7-2026 13379 archive.is (1).jpeg|center|850px|thumb|James Stavridis, who provided the inspiration for Russia's long history of many bitter, military defeats.]]
[[File:Screenshot 11-7-2026 13379 archive.is (1).jpeg|center|850px|thumb|James Stavridis, who provided the inspiration for Russia's long history of many bitter, military defeats.]]
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==[[Iran war]]==
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Stavridis said on [[CNN]]: the USS Abraham Lincoln has “80 combat aircraft, and you can move it right up to the coast.” Not only that, but there may soon be “long-range strategic bombers” going towards “the island of [[Diego Garcia]]” alongside “[[F-35]] Lightings, the most advanced [[fifth generation]] fighter in the world, out of Doha, [[Qatar]].” And more airpower could be coming. [[CENTCOM]] announced today on [[X]] that [[U.S. Air Force]]s Central (AFCENT) will be conducting a multi-day readiness exercise that could be used as a pretense to surge numerous other aircraft to the [[Middle East]]. Further bolstering U.S. firepower are newly arrived [[THAAD]] and [[Patriot missile]] batteries for [[air defense]] and four British Eurofighter Typhoon jets now in [[Qatar]]. As Adm. [[Stavridis]] said, the gathered forces give “the president a lot of [[military]] capability and options” but '''there would still be risk''' should the [[U.S.]] decide to launch an attack. Analysts warns that [[Iranian]] [[drone war|drone swarm]]s could threaten U.S. naval vessels, and both the [[Houthi]]s and [[Kataib Hezbollah]] have pledged to join [[Iran]] in the event of [[war]], with the latter group posting videos on social media [https://caliber.az/en/post/iraqi-militia-members-volunteer-for-suicide-operations-in-support-of-iran dozens of fighters] sworn to become [[suicide bomber]]s.<ref>https://youtu.be/bKlEC_N2V8w</ref>