The US war against ISIS
US Navy planes recently launched the largest-ever airstrike from an aircraft carrier, dropping 125,000 pounds of ordnance, a top admiral said this week.
The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group "launched the largest airstrike in the history of the world — 125,000 pounds — from a single aircraft carrier into Somalia," Adm. James Kilby, the acting chief of naval operations, said Monday.
A defense official told Business Insider the operation — a single bombing run involving about 16 F/A-18 Super Hornets — occurred on February 1 while the Truman was operating in the Red Sea.
US Africa Command said in February that airstrikes at the start of the month targeted senior ISIS-Somalia leadership in a series of cave complexes. The military assessed that over a dozen terror operatives were killed. Kilby's comments this week shed more light on the bombardment.
US forces have executed dozens of airstrikes this year against ISIS and the Al Qaeda affiliate group al-Shabaab in Somalia. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence considers both groups a threat to American interests.
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ISIS has been targeting US forces in the region and is now paying a price for those attacks. It is mainly an Iran-backed terrorist group, and the US may eventually have to attack Iran directly to stop the attacks.
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