.haynesdeborah is given rare access to warships at a US naval base in Bahrain which are on a 'mission to deter Iranian forces from attacking US targets'
Admiral Boyle said he could make the transit if he wanted but he preferred to hang back in the northern Arabian Sea."The people in the know in Iran know that we are more of a deterrent here than we are in the Arabian Gulf because from this position we can reach them and they can't reach us. In a boxer's analogy we have got overreach from the spot where we are right now.
"We make sure if somebody is doing something that is destabilising or creating an action that impedes the freedom of navigation then we are there to video it, to make sure it gets out," said Captain Bill Reed, commander of the air wing.US warships and aircraft carriers are in the Arabian Sea The carrier and other warships that make up Carrier Strike Group 12 left the US port of Norfolk in April on a seven-month tour.What seems less well defined is a plan by the United States, backed by Britain, to build an international coalition to boost protection for merchant shipping in the Gulf.Captain Peter Mirisola is the head of Task Force 55, part of the US 5th Fleet, which is headquartered out of Bahrain.
"There is a credible threat that there are mines out there and mines can damage ships, they can manage small ships, they can damage big ships," the commanding officer said.
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