The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its escort ships have been moved toward the Middle East in response to rising tensions with Tehran, underlining the classic contest between an “armada” that projects conventional power and a “swarm” of lower-cost asymmetric options Iran favours.

Even after a 12-day war with Israel, Iran retains the arsenal to hit U.S. allies and bases. U.S. strikes would lead to “regional war,” Iran’s supreme leader said.

If Israel is planning to attack Iran again, likely with US assistance, Tehran is almost certain to retaliate against naval targets in the Persian Gulf. Surely Iran’s Islamist rulers understand what is at stake. And while Israel dealt serious blows to the ...

Iran's extensive missile arsenal poses a significant threat to US forces and allies across the Middle East. With systems ranging from short-range rockets to long-range ballistic and cruise missiles, Tehran can target regional bases,

Washington has sent the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, as well as three accompanying warships under Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3) to West Asia. Can Iran take down the vessel?

A new flashpoint is emerging in the Middle East as China quietly deploys a suspected spy ship near the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group in the Arabian Sea. Labeled a civilian research vessel,

Tensions are ⁠running high amid a military buildup by the U.S. Navy near Iran, following a violent crackdown against anti-government demonstrations last month, the deadliest domestic unrest in Iran since its 1979 revolution.

When Donald Trump dispatched what he described as a “massive armada” of warships to Middle Eastern waters this week, panic must have bore deep into the Beit-e Rahbari compound in central Tehran – home of Ali Khamenei,