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The U.S. military has stood with Israel since Hamas' attack into the country on Oct. 7, 2023, and suffered attacks on Middle Eastern positions as well.
The guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain’s transit “demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” 7th Fleet said in a statement.
New locations for the "strategic Arctic ports" would have to have capacity for equipment, fuel storage and defense systems and be linked by roads to airports that can support military aircraft.