US winds up biggest war games in Gulf since 2003

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US winds up biggest war games in Gulf since 2003


The US navy said on Thursday it had ordered an aircraft carrier to the Gulf to replace one of two patrolling the region, as the United States winds down naval war games on Iran's doorstep.


"The Nimitz carrier strike group will sail from San Diego for the Gulf on Monday," a navy spokesman told Reuters, "to replace the Dwight D. Eisenhower," as tensions mount between Iran and the West over captured British troops and Iran's nuclear program.

"She (the Nimitz) will deploy to the Gulf region. She is the relief for Eisenhower, who leaves and she replaces her," Lieutenant Commander Jeff Davis said by telephone from Naval Headquarters in Washington. Strike groups typically include four or five frigates and destroyers and a submarine.