How West Jerusalem balances tough rhetoric, diplomacy, and the risk of regional war Amid rising tensions surrounding Iran, the US Navy’s Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group entered the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after transiting the Malacca Strait, according to navigation data from Marine Traffic. The naval fleet is heading westward toward the Middle East. The strike group includes destroyers the USS Spruance, USS Michael Murphy, and USS Frank Petersen equipped with Tomahawk