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Business Insider: The US Navy is sending an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf in a message to a belligerent Iran
* There has not been an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf since March, but that is coming to the end as a carrier group led by the USS John C. Stennis is expected to arrive in the region by week's end.
* The carrier group is expected to send a "deterrence" message to Iran, which test-fired a ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported.
* The carrier and its escort ships will also support the ongoing fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, as well as the war in Afghanistan.
A US carrier force is sailing toward the Persian Gulf, preparing to close a months-long carrier gap in the Middle East.
The USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier and its escort ships will arrive in the region by week's end. The deployment, the first carrier deployment to the Persian Gulf since the USS Theodore Roosevelt left eight months ago, is intended as a clear show of force against Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Update #1: U.S. Sends Aircraft Carrier to Persian Gulf in Show of Force Against Iran (The Wall Street Journal)
Update #2: US Aircraft Carrier Heads Towards Persian Gulf After Iran Unveils New Warship (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: This deployment is long overdue.
