Iran deal prospects will be clear within 10 days, Trump says as military buildup grows

Together, the carrier strike groups could generate “several hundred strike sorties a day for a few weeks, an intensity greater than during the 12-days war” said Matthew Savill, the director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute...“The question, however, is: what is all this buildup for?” Savill said. The sizeable deployment of air and sea assets suggests the US military is giving Trump the option of launching a wide-ranging bombing campaign, beyond an effort that might focus on Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and other senior figures.