U.S. Sending Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier to Middle East

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria if needed, defense officials told the Reuters news agency on Sunday.

The officials emphasized that the Nimitz carrier strike group, which includes four destroyers and a cruiser, has no specific orders to move to the eastern Mediterranean at this point, but is moving west in the Arabian Sea so it can do so if asked.

It was not immediately clear when the ships would enter the Red Sea, said one official.

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