Warning for Iran: the United States showed the first picture of USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Oman Sea

The photo is dated Friday, May 17 and shows Abraham Lincoln from above, in an image presumably taken by a drone or a helicopter, and its cluttered cover of warplanes.

Of these can be seen McDonnell Douglas F / A 18 Hornet and Super Hornet bomber, and at least two reconnaissance planes Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, identified by their huge rotating radars.

In the same picture, distributed by Brian M. Wilbur, specialist of the Navy mbad communication, through the agency AP, as well You can see the amphibious badault ship USS Kearsarge, who was already in the area and who joined the aircraft carrier.

The Abraham Lincoln was sent to the Persian Gulf in early May, when US National Security Advisor John Bolton said that the deployment was intended to give a "clear and unequivocal message" to the Iranian regime, Washington has been escalating tensions since President Donald Trump ordered his country's withdrawal from the nuclear deal in 2018.

In addition to the aircraft carrier, Bolton also He said that an undefined number of huge Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers would be sent to the area, as well as other ships such as the Kearsarge.

After the announcement, Abraham Lincoln, who was doing maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea with the Italian Navy, He crossed the Suez Cbad, he crossed the Red Sea and at least since Thursday we know that it is in the sea of ​​Oman, at one point between the shores of Oman and the Strait of Ormuz.

To finally reach the Persian Gulf You will have to cross this strait that Iran has threatened to block if the tension persists.

Abraham Lincoln is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Nimitz clbad built in the 1980s and entered service in 1989, with base of operations in Norfolk, Virginia. It is one of eleven ships of this type, designed to project power around the world thanks to its immense firepower, which remains active in the US Navy: ten of the Nimitz clbad and the One of the most modern Gerald clbad. R. Ford.

According to official data from the US Navy, Abraham Lincoln has a displacement of about 97,000 tons, but it is thought that it could reach 104,000 tons under certain circumstances, and has a crew of approximately 3,200 sailors and approximately 2,400 soldiers and pilots for the complement of aircraft.

In this regard, it can carry more than 60 aircraft, mainly fighter-bombers. F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet and in the future, the F-35C Lightning II, in addition to SH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and Hawkeye E-2.

All this mbad is mobilized by two nuclear reactors, which allow an almost unlimited autonomy (limited by the need to replenish stocks) and a maximum speed of 30 knots (about 55 km at the hour).

Meanwhile, the USS Kearsarge is an amphibious Wasp clbad badault ship, entered into service in 1993 and based in Norfolk. These vessels are designed to support United States Marine Corps ground operations.

Its dimensions and capabilities are lower than those of an aircraft carrier but still displaces more than 40,000 tons, cOn a crew of 1,000 sailors and the ability to reach a speed of 20 knots (37 km / h) with its more conventional steam turbines.

It also takes a little 1,800 marines ready for rapid deployment in three large landing craft lodged in the Kearsarge.

Because on the ship's deck, they can operate up to eight vertical take-off and landing fighters like the AV-8B Harrier or the most modern. F-35B Lightning II, in addition to different types of helicopters.