# US May Send Third Carrier Strike Group to Middle East

https://mins.news/en/video/82629

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-01 22:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiGHGQsnD18

> The Pentagon may deploy a third aircraft carrier, along with 10,000 sailors and Marines, to the Persian Gulf within striking distance of Iran. The USS Theodore Roosevelt has departed San Diego, but its final destination is not known.

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