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The next escalation in the war against Russia: US sends largest warship ever constructed to Norway

WSWS, Andre Damon @Andre__Damon , 25 May 2023

“…………….As the Ukrainian military continues to suffer military setbacks on the ground—most clearly demonstrated by the fall of Bakhmut—the US and the NATO powers are preparing for the potential direct entry of air, land and sea forces into the conflict.

On Wednesday, the USS Gerald R. Ford arrived in Oslo, Norway. The USS Ford is the largest warship ever constructed and the first of a new generation of such carriers commissioned by the United States.

The carrier strike group led by the Ford includes two nuclear-powered attack submarines, two Ticonderoga-class cruisers and a squadron of destroyers. Manning the strike group are many thousands of naval military personnel, who will be operating within striking distance of Russian territory.

Vice Admiral Thomas E. Ishee, the commander of the US Sixth Fleet, explained that upon leaving Oslo the carrier strike group would travel north to the Arctic to carry out “freedom of navigation” operations—a term used by the United States to describe provocatively sailing ships into contested waters.

In other words, this massive armada with its thousands of troops will sail near the Russian coastline under conditions of a rapidly escalating proxy war that Biden said last year would threaten a nuclear “Armageddon.”

What weapons this massive armada carries are not known to the public. While the United States has a policy of neither confirming or denying the presence of nuclear weapons on its warships, leading US military think tanks have for years advocated the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on US carriers. ……………………………………………………………………….. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/05/26/hjwf-m26.html

May 29, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war