Monday, February 02, 2026
IRAN: USS DELBERT TO REINFORCE CARRIER STRIKE GROUP AMID TALKS. . .A visible surge meant to reinforce deterrence as tensions with Iran remain elevated
On January 30, 2026, the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black entered Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba for a port visit that landed in the middle of a widening regional crisis.
Images circulated from the pier showed the ship alongside in the strategic southern Israeli city near the borders with Egypt and Jordan, while Israeli reporting described the call as pre-planned and tied to routine cooperation.
The visit is placed inside a larger U.S. force posture already active across the area, citing multiple destroyers, an aircraft carrier, and littoral combat ships as part of a visible surge meant to reinforce deterrence as tensions with Iran remain elevated. Read more...
According to the Israeli military, the destroyer’s arrival was pre-planned and part of the ongoing cooperation between the IDF and the US military.
The US in recent weeks has been moving military assets to the Middle East, boosting available firepower and defensive capabilities in the region, and giving President Donald Trump the option to launch an attack on Iran against the backdrop of the regime’s killing of protesters.
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