USS Theodore Roosevelt sent to Arabian Sea

The U.S. Navy has repositioned aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to the Arabian Sea “as a result of the current instability in Yemen.”

USS Theodore Roosevelt at sea
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael D. Cole (http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=57046) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

News outlets however said the move is to intercept a convoy of seven to nine Iranian ships which appear bound for Yemen with arms.

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