>The US Navy is redirecting the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group to the Middle East to bolster support for Israel.

-Large numbers of SM-3/SM-6 interceptors will be needed, which are ship launched, surface to air interceptors used to destroy ballistic missiles.

>-Critically, this leaves no active US carrier strike group in the Western Pacific until tensions in the Persian Gulf ease. This provides China with little chance of American interference in the short term

WE'RE GETTING /CTG/ - CHINA TAIWAN GENERAL SOON