Armada of 12 warships led by the flagship aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman — took a course on the middle East. According to experts, this is the largest group of warships since 2003, when the United States launched the war in Iraq.
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman went to the war from a military base in Norfolk (state of Virginia), 11 APR. Accompanied by 5 escorts he was on his way to the Mediterranean sea. The group needs to team up with 4 destroyers and 2 submarines, and in this format to begin military duty in the middle East coast.
Earlier, the President of the United States Donald trump wrote in his Twitter about «good, new and smart missiles,» which will drop on Syria in response to chemical attack of the Syrian city of Duma (Eastern ghouta). The Russian side, as an ally of the Syrian government headed by Bashar al-Assad, promises to knock down all of the American missiles with the latest defense systems.
Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 11, 2018
In addition, the representative of the Russian Federation has blocked in the Security Council UN draft resolution USA on the establishment of a new mechanism for investigating chemical attacks in Syria. For this document voted 12 members of the Council. I was only against Russia and Bolivia, and China abstained.
According to some, 7 April, the Duma was used chemical weapons. In the bombardment of the city used bomb c chlorine, which killed dozens of people, a in the hospital received the wounded c the symptoms of poisoning with this substance.
