Pentagon spokesman Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters Monday afternoon that military commanders and joint chiefs of staff have decided to double the size of surveillance, control and intelligence marches in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, which will be accompanied by an increase in the number of warships to intensify naval patrols to deal with threats, harassment and attempts by Iran to confiscate oil tankers and merchant ships.
And Ryder felt the purpose of this is “to send a direct message to Tehran, because we want them to see where we are, to deter any danger that Iran might pose.”
And he added that the “Pentagon” will not reveal the size of the naval reinforcements sent to the Fifth Fleet region in the coming weeks, but he stressed that all measures and measures taken are coordinated with local and international allies. , revealing that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had contacted both the French and the British about it.
General Ryder’s remarks come hours after National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby revealed that Russia and Iran are raising the level of their military cooperation and that Moscow will provide the military with Iranian Air Force Sukhoi fourth-generation fighter jets.
And the leaders of the “Pentagon” had revealed last Thursday, according to the Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, that Tehran is on the verge of possessing a nuclear weapon, and that it will therefore only take two weeks to possess a nuclear warhead, from when he decides to do so, when it will take him another two months to make a nuclear bomb.
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