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Checking on Navy Ships near Bitter Lake....all I came up with is
WARSHIP 69 callsign: NIKE

https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/WARSHIP-69-IMO-0-MMSI-368962000

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all I know..is the more I know.. the more I know that I don't know..you know?

In response Villain Unknown to his Publication

-The French is expected to turn over command to USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) later this month. IKE and its strike group began this week conducting air operations in support of the anti-ISIS effort.

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/01/makin-island-arg-15th-meu-leaves-middle-east-for-indo-pacom-eisenhower-supporting-anti-isis-fight-from-mediterranean

all I know..is the more I know.. the more I know that I don't know..you know?

In response Baba Milev to his Publication

" The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and is expected to transit the Suez in the near future, USNI News understands."
“I wouldn’t go so far as to say the Suez blockage has caused us to rethink anything about how we are postured in the Middle East or how we meet mission requirements there or national security interests there,” he continued. “We have recognized the fact that chokepoints like the Suez Canal could suffer blockages like this and it’s factored into just normal operational planning.”

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/29/pentagon-said-it-was-ready-for-extended-suez-canal-blockage

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