u. s. has already deployed the carrier, the u. s. s. general, our ford in the eastern mediterranean, near is around the us as dwight d eisenhower has been pulled up to join the forward as well. in addition, the range of all the us warships about 8, so on their way into the region. so what do these us ministry deployments mean and what are the risks of a why the spillover of the conflict into the region? to answer those questions, i'm joined by christine our colleagues from the think tank, the john marshall fund of the united states because you know, lots to unpack here. i'd like to look at the us ministry role in particular, fast, very simply. what exactly is it as well, 1st of all, the deployment of, of aircraft carriers and of, of military capabilities, the middle east and reaction to the i have a mazda tax on it. so on october 7th, by the united states is a measure off re establishing the terms the attacks by whom us, as you know, were very much of a surprise to the is there any utilities and mail terry adds to the region and to the well? because thes

u. s. s, general ford, we've got another aircraft carrier. so to at cross carriers, the dwight d eisenhower, which is also that i'm then i think a total of 8 bull ships and that to strike groups. i'm, then we've got something called about time. i'm think this ready group which has on 3 ships, a total of full 1000 sailors and marines on it. this is, this is a very large deployment, isn't it coming? yeah, so it's a massive, muscular response from washington multiple carrier strike groups. uh, you know, patriot batteries fed missile defense. there's only about, oh, i wouldn't get allowed if you all can just tell me what side is please quickly terminal high altitude air defense missile of missile defense. essentially the force protection turns. and then if need be some potential offensive assets, there's also intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance on these carriers, right groups as well. so all around preparation from washington, in case things do escalate and cold and staying with you. what is your reading of the main reason for sending s