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The United States has moved the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, ships and warplanes to the Middle East to pressure Iran into an agreement and have the firepower necessary to strike the Islamic Republic should Trump choose to do so.—Jon Gambrell The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026 The United States has moved the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, ships and warplanes to the Middle East to pressure Iran into an agreement and have the firepower necessary to strike the Islamic Republic should Trump choose to do so.—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command in Warsaw said in posts to social media that NATO warplanes were scrambled while air defense systems and radar reconnaissance were ordered to the highest level of readiness amid Russia's Friday night strikes.—David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026 However, no warplanes or warships had entered Taiwan’s territorial waters or airspace so far, Hsieh said.—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warplane