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RT Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW)The Chinese released imagery yesterday to the effect that the USS Abraham Lincoln had retreated well south of the Arabian Peninsula from its previous station some 350km from the Iranian coast, this after CENTCOM reported engaging an "Iranian vessel" that approached the carrier.⬇️At this point the carrier is operating at drastically reduced effectiveness, with any strike aircraft launched requiring midair refueling to strike even coastal targets in Iran and running at a glacia ...